`` Rosy looks now like what she is , a modest little girl , who does not want to be stared at . I think she would get a glance of approval , though , from people who like sense and simplicity rather than fuss and feathers . Revolve , my Hebe , and let me refresh my eyes by the sight of you . '' There was very little to see , however , only a pretty Gabrielle dress , of a soft warm shade of brown , coming to the tops of a trim pair of boots with low heels . A seal-skin sack , cap , and mittens , with a glimpse of scarlet at the throat , and the pretty curls tied up with a bright velvet of the same colour , completed the external adornment , making her look like a robin redbreast wintry , yet warm . `` How do you like it , Rosy ? '' asked the Doctor , feeling that her opinion was more important to the success of his new idea than that of all the aunts on the hill . `` I feel very odd and light , but I 'm warm as a toast , and nothing seems to be in my way , '' answered Rose , with a skip which displayed shapely gaiters on legs that now might be as free and active as a boy 's under the modest skirts of the girl . `` You can run away from the mad dogs , and walk off at a smart pace without tumbling on your nose , now , I fancy ? '' `` Yes , uncle ! suppose the dog coming , I just hop over a wall so and when I walk of a cold day , I go like this . '' Entering fully into the spirit of the thing , Rose swung herself over the high back of the sofa as easily as one of her cousins , and then went down the long hall as if her stout boots were related to the famous seven-leaguers . `` There ! you see how it will be ; dress her in that boyish way and she will act like a boy . I do hate all these inventions of strong-minded women ! '' exclaimed Mrs. Clara , as Rose came back at a run . `` Ah , but you see some of these sensible inventions come from the brain of a fashionable modiste , who will make you more lovely , or what you value more ` stylish ' outside and comfortable within . Mrs. Van Tassel has been to Madame Stone , and is wearing a full suit of this sort . Van himself told me , when I asked how she was , that she had given up lying on the sofa , and was going about in a most astonishing way , considering her feeble health . '' `` You do n't say so !
Let me see that book a moment , '' and Aunt Clara examined the new patterns with a more respectful air , for if the elegant Mrs. Van XXXXX wore these `` dreadful things '' it would never do to be left behind , in spite of her prejudices .
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