“Think you the knights are so lacking in chivalry that we could permit our guests to pay? The subscription is large enough to cover all expenses, the stuffs are already purchased, and all you will have to do is to make them up in the manner of this sketch.”
“Then I accept with pleasure and thanks.”
“’T is we owe the thanks. And now farewell, for I have much to do.”
“Captain André,” said the girl, as he opened the door, “I have a question—Wilt answer me something?”
“Need you ask?”
“I suppose ’t is a peculiar one, and so—Do you—is it generally thought by—Do the gentlemen of the army deem Mrs. Loring beautiful?”
“Too handsome for the good of our—of the army.”
“Even though she paints and powders?”
“But in London and Paris ’t is the mode.”
“I think ’t is a horrid custom.”