You must make over Aunt Caroline 's silk dress . '' `` Nonsense , '' said Carry , a little crossly ; even sweet-tempered people are sometimes cross when they are wakened up for -- as it seemed -- nothing . `` It 's good plain sense . Of course , you must make it over and -- '' `` Patty Lea , you 're crazy . I would n't dream of wearing that hideous thing . Bright green silk , with huge yellow brocade flowers as big as cabbages all over it ! I think I see myself in it . '' `` Caddy , listen to me . You know there 's enough of that black lace of mother 's for the waist , and the big black lace shawl of Grandmother Lea 's will do for the skirt . Make it over -- '' `` A plain slip of the silk , '' gasped Carry , her quick brain seizing on all the possibilities of the plan . `` Why did n't I think of it before ? It will be just the thing , the greens and yellow will be toned down to a nice shimmer under the black lace . And I 'll make cuffs of black velvet with double puffs above -- and just cut out a wee bit at the throat with a frill of lace and a band of black velvet ribbon around my neck . Patty Lea , it 's an inspiration . '' Carry was out of bed by daylight the next morning and , while Patty still slumbered , she mounted to the garret , and took Aunt Caroline 's silk dress from the chest where it had lain forgotten for three years . Carry held it up at arm 's length , and looked at it with amusement . `` It is certainly ugly , but with the lace over it it will look very different . There 's enough of it , anyway , and that skirt is stiff enough to stand alone . Poor Aunt Caroline , I 'm afraid I was n't particularly grateful for her gift at the time , but I really am now . '' Aunt Caroline , who had given the dress to Carry three years before , was , an old lady of eighty , the aunt of Carry 's father .
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