“Shall I?”
“I’m afraid you haven’t very much in the way of thick clothing.”
“I’ve only got my plaid dress for every day and my mixy grey for best and my dark blue summer skirt. My velveteen skirt and my nainsook blouse are too old.”
“You can wear the dark blue muslin blouse with the blue skirt for a long time yet with something warm underneath.”
“You look very well in it indeed.”
“I don’t mean that. I mean it’s all gone sort of dull and grubby over the surface when you look down it.”
“Oh, that’s your imagination.”
“It isn’t my imagination and I can see how Harriett’s looks.”
“You both look very nice.”