`` No , thank you , ma'am , '' replied Sallie . `` I 've got my new pink silk for Thursday and do n't want a thing . '' `` Nor I. . . '' began Meg , but stopped because it occurred to her that she did want several things and could not have them . `` What shall you wear ? '' asked Sallie . `` My old white one again , if I can mend it fit to be seen , it got sadly torn last night , '' said Meg , trying to speak quite easily , but feeling very uncomfortable . `` Why do n't you send home for another ? '' said Sallie , who was not an observing young lady . `` I have n't got any other . '' It cost Meg an effort to say that , but Sallie did not see it and exclaimed in amiable surprise , `` Only that ? How funny ... '' She did not finish her speech , for Belle shook her head at her and broke in , saying kindly ... `` Not at all . Where is the use of having a lot of dresses when she is n't out yet ? There 's no need of sending home , Daisy , even if you had a dozen , for I 've got a sweet blue silk laid away , which I 've outgrown , and you shall wear it to please me , wo n't you , dear ? '' `` You are very kind , but I do n't mind my old dress if you do n't , it does well enough for a little girl like me , '' said Meg . `` Now do let me please myself by dressing you up in style . I admire to do it , and you 'd be a regular little beauty with a touch here and there . I sha n't let anyone see you till you are done , and then we 'll burst upon them like Cinderella and her godmother going to the ball , '' said Belle in her persuasive tone . Meg could n't refuse the offer so kindly made , for a desire to see if she would be ' a little beauty ' after touching up caused her to accept and forget all her former uncomfortable feelings toward the Moffats .
On the Thursday evening , XXXXX shut herself up with her maid , and between them they turned Meg into a fine lady .
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