Why had n't they left her in the old barn ? Una never felt badly because the Ingleside twins were better dressed than she and Faith were . THEY wore their pretty clothes with careless grace and never seemed to think about them at all . Somehow , they did not make other people feel shabby . But when Mary Vance was dressed up she seemed fairly to exude clothes -- to walk in an atmosphere of clothes -- to make everybody else feel and think clothes . Una , as she sat there in the honey-tinted sunshine of the gracious December afternoon , was acutely and miserably conscious of everything she had on -- the faded tam , which was yet her best , the skimpy jacket she had worn for three winters , the holes in her skirt and her boots , the shivering insufficiency of her poor little undergarments . Of course , Mary was going out for a visit and she was not . But even if she had been she had nothing better to put on and in this lay the sting . `` Say , this is great gum . Listen to me cracking it . There ai n't any gum spruces down at Four Winds , '' said Mary . `` Sometimes I just hanker after a chew . Mrs. Elliott wo n't let me chew gum if she sees me . She says it ai n't lady-like . This lady-business puzzles me . I ca n't get on to all its kinks . Say , Una , what 's the matter with you ? Cat got your tongue ? '' `` No , '' said Una , who could not drag her fascinated eyes from that squirrel muff . Mary leaned past her , picked it up and thrust it into Una 's hands .
`` Stick your paws XXXXX that for a while , '' she ordered .
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