She had had it hung plainly with an ecru drill with blue stripes, and it contained only furniture of varnished pinethe toilette table, two presses, and two chairs.

Linking her arm into that of her visitor, and thrusting Lucy into the background, the little heiress proceeded to her own wainscotted bedroom, bare according to modern views, but very luxurious according to those of the seventeenth century, and with the toilette apparatus, scanty indeed, but of solid silver, and with a lavish amount of perfumery.

"Only think, Auntie," said she, "mamma has given me, all for my own, her lovely toilette set, and all the Bohemian glass on the bureau, and her ivory brushes!

Write in your memorandum-book The time you at your toilette spend; Then every moment which you pass, Talking of dress with a young friend: And ever when your silent thoughts Have on this subject been intent, Set down as nearly as you can How long on dress your thoughts were bent.