to her , the cares were almost beyond the happiness ; for young and inexperienced , with small choice and no confidence in her own taste , the `` how she should be dressed '' was a point of painful worry ; and the almost solitary ornament in her possession , a very pretty amber cross which william had brought her , was the greatest distress of all , for she had nothing but a bit of ribbon to fasten it to ; and would that be allowable amidst of the rich ornaments which she supposed all the other young ladies would wear ?