Excerpt from That Stick, Vol. 2 of 2
Constance created quite a sensation when she came down dressed for church on Christmas Day in a dark blue velvet jacket, deeply trimmed with silver fox, and a hat and muff en suite, matching with her serge dress, and though unpretending, yet very handsome.
Up jumped Ida, from lacing her boots by the fire. "Well, I never! They are spoiling you! Real velvet, I declare, and real silk-wadded lining. Look, ma. What made them dress you like that?"
"It wasn"t them," said Constance, "it was Lady Adela.
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