Betsy. If you are upset, mamma, I had better not go.
Anna Pávlovna. Are we going or not?
Betsy. Well, let us go; it can't be helped.
Anna Pávlovna. Did you see the man from Bourdier?
Betsy. Yes, and I was very glad. I ordered the costume, and am going to wear it when it is paid for.
Anna Pávlovna. I am not going to pay for a costume that is indecent!
Betsy. Why has it become indecent? First it was decent, and now you have a fit of prudery.
Anna Pávlovna. Not prudery at all! If the bodice were completely altered, then it would do.
Betsy. Mamma, that is quite impossible.
Anna Pávlovna. Well, get dressed.