"I have ordered a robe of blue tulle, to be worn over blue silk. The robe to be open in front, of course, and confined to the silk-skirt with variegated roses."
"And your head-dress?"
"I shall have my hair ornamented with variegated roses, arranged over the brow like a coronet. Now, how do you like that?"
"Not at all."
"O, of course not. I might have known that your taste was too uneducated for that."
"And I hope it will ever remain so, Melvina."
"But how will you dress, Caroline. Do let me hear, that I may put you right if you fix on any thing outre."
"Well, really, Melvina, I have not given the subject a thought. But it never takes me long to choose. Let me see. A plain—"
"Not plain, Caroline, for mercy sake!"
"Yes. A plain white dress, of India muslin."