“By the way, Emma,” she said, presently, “did you get a hat the other morning? I left you, I believe, at Dudevant’s.”
“Oh, yes, I have one,” replied Emma.
“Do let me see it,” said Mrs. Gardiner, who took an intense interest in the subject of dress. Emma rung, and had her bandbox brought down.
Mrs. Gardiner eyed the bonnet suspiciously, as Emma presented it to her, and said, —
“Who made it, Emma?”
“It’s a French one,” replied Emma, promptly.
“Where did you get it?” pursued Mrs. Gardiner.
“At Dudevant’s,” said Emma, in the same decided manner.
“At Dudevant’s?” repeated Mrs. Gardiner, looking full at Emma. “Why I was there at the opening—I did not see this hat there.”
“It was in one of the cases,” replied Emma.