`` I have made up my mind on that point , Louisa , and nothing you can say will alter it . '' Louisa looked amazed . Never before had Mary Isabel set her decrees at naught . `` Are you crazy , Mary Isabel ? '' she demanded . `` No , I am not crazy . But I am going to town and I am going to get a silver-grey silk for myself and a new hat . I will not wear a bonnet and you need never mention it to me again , Louisa . '' `` If you are going to town I shall stay home , '' said Louisa in a cold , ominous tone that almost made Mary Isabel quake . If it had not been for that reassuring crackle of Tom 's letter I fear Mary Isabel would have given in . `` This house ca n't be left alone . If you go , I 'll stay . '' Louisa honestly thought that would bring the rebel to terms . Mary Isabel had never gone to town alone in her life . Louisa did not believe she would dare to go . But Mary Isabel did not quail . Defiance was not so hard after all , once you had begun . Mary Isabel went to town and she went alone . She spent the whole delightful day in the shops , unhampered by Louisa 's scorn and criticism in her examination of all the pretty things displayed . She selected a hat she felt sure Tom would like -- a pretty crumpled grey straw with forget-me-nots and ribbons .
Then she bought a grey silk XXXXX a lovely silvery shade .
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