Do n't like to see a girl feed . We hard-working men need it , and , by Jove , I mean to get some more of that meringue if it 's not all gone . Here , waiter ! bring along that dish over there , and be lively , ' commanded Stuffy , poking a young man in a rather shabby dress-suit , who was passing with a tray of glasses . His order was obeyed promptly ; but George 's appetite was taken away the next moment by Dolly 's exclaiming , as he looked up from his damaged coat , with a scandalized face : ` You 've put your foot in it now , old boy ! that 's Morton , Mr Bhaer 's crack man . Knows everything , no end of a `` dig '' , and bound to carry off all the honours . You wo n't hear the last of it in a hurry . ' And Dolly laughed so heartily that a spoonful of ice flew upon the head of a lady sitting below him , and got him into a scrape also . Leaving them to their despair , let us listen to the whispered chat of two girls comfortably seated in a recess waiting till their escorts were fed . ' I do think the Laurences give lovely parties . Do n't you enjoy them ? ' asked the younger , looking about her with the eager air of one unused to this sort of pleasure . ` Very much , only I never feel as if I was dressed right . My things seemed elegant at home , and I thought I 'd be over over-dressed if anything ; but I look countrified and dowdy here . No time or money to change now , even if I knew how to do it , ' answered the other , glancing anxiously at her bright pink silk grown , trimmed with cheap lace . ` You must get Mrs Brooke to tell you how to fix your things . She was very kind to me . I had a green silk , and it looked so cheap and horrid by the side of the nice dresses here I felt regularly unhappy about it , and asked her how much a dress like one Mrs Laurence had would cost . That looked so simple and elegant I thought it would n't be costly ; but it was India mull and Valenciennes lace , so , of course , I could n't have it .
Then Mrs XXXXX said : `` Get some muslin to cover the green silk , and wear hops or some white flowers , instead of pink , in your hair , and you will have a pretty suit . ''
Brooke George India Jove Laurence Laurences Morton dress-suit honours right