`` You 're a perfect angel , Pris ; so do n't moralize . I 'll run and get the dress , and we 'll begin at once , for there is much to do , and only two days to do it in . '' And Kitty skipped away , singing `` Lauriger Horatius , '' at the top of her voice . Priscilla soon found that the girl 's head was completely turned by the advice and example of certain fashionable young neighbors . It was in vain for Pris to remonstrate and warn . `` Just this once let me do as others do , and thoroughly enjoy myself . '' pleaded Kitty ; and Pris yielded , saying to herself , `` She shall have her wish , and if she learns a lesson , neither time nor money will be lost . '' So they snipped and sewed , and planned and pieced , going through all the alternations of despair and triumph , worry and satisfaction , which women undergo when a new suit is under way . Company kept coming , for news of Kitty 's expedition had flown abroad , and her young friends must just run in to hear about it , and ask what she was going to wear ; while Kitty was so glad and proud to tell , and show , and enjoy her little triumph that many half hours were wasted , and the second day found much still to do . The lovely muslin did n't hold out , and Kitty sacrificed the waist to the train , for a train she must have or the whole thing would be an utter failure . A little sacque was eked out , however , and when the frills were on , it was `` ravishing , '' as Kitty said , with a sigh of mingled delight and fatigue . The gored skirt was a fearful job , as any one who has ever plunged into the mysteries will testify ; and before the facing , even experienced Pris quailed . The bonnet also was a trial , for when the lace was on , it was discovered that the ribbons did n't match the dress . Here was a catastrophe ! Kitty frantically rummaged the house , the shops , the stores of her friends , and rummaged in vain . There was no time to send to the city , and despair was about to fall on Kitty , when Pris rescued her by quietly making one of the small sacrifices which were easy to her because her life was spent for others . Some one suggested a strip of blue illusion , -- and that could be got ; but , alas ! Kitty had no money , for the gloves were already bought . Pris heard the lamentations , and giving up fresh ribbons for herself , pulled her sister out of a slough of despond with two yards of `` heavenly tulle . '' `` Now the daisies ; and oh , dear me , not one can I find in this poverty-stricken town , '' sighed Kitty , prinking at the glass , and fervently hoping that nothing would happen to her complexion over night .
`` I see plenty just like those on your dress , '' answered XXXXX , nodding toward the meadow full of young whiteweed .
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