`` 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 , Belle shut herself up with her maid , and between them they turned Meg into a fine lady . They crimped and curled her hair , they polished her neck and arms with some fragrant powder , touched her lips with coralline salve to make them redder , and Hortense would have added ' a soupcon of rouge ' , if Meg had not rebelled . They laced her into a sky-blue dress , which was so tight she could hardly breathe and so low in the neck that modest Meg blushed at herself in the mirror . A set of silver filagree was added , bracelets , necklace , brooch , and even earrings , for Hortense tied them on with a bit of pink silk which did not show . A cluster of tea-rose buds at the bosom , and a ruche , reconciled Meg to the display of her pretty , white shoulders , and a pair of high-heeled silk boots satisfied the last wish of her heart . A lace handkerchief , a plumy fan , and a bouquet in a shoulder holder finished her off , and Miss Belle surveyed her with the satisfaction of a little girl with a newly dressed doll . `` Mademoiselle is charmante , tres jolie , is she not ? '' cried Hortense , clasping her hands in an affected rapture .
`` Come and show yourself , '' said Miss XXXXX , leading the way to the room where the others were waiting .
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