“And pearls or rubies?”
“Pearls.”
“Blue and pearls! Why, I shall personate the very ideal of maiden simplicity. I might as well appear all in white!”
“And it would be beautiful, Lucia,” answered her friend.
“Think so? Well, I have a great mind to try it, for you must know it is my desire to look uncommonly well to-night,” said Lucia.
“But why to-night do you so particularly wish to shine?” inquired Charlotte.
“Why? Why, don’t you know we are to meet that renowned enslaver of hearts, that coquet, Frank Gadsby! Is not that enough to inspire my vanity?” replied the lively girl.
“And you are resolved upon leading this renowned conqueror in your own chains, Lucia?”
“He shall not escape them, Charlotte. I will bring him to my feet, and thus become the champion of my sex,” said Lucia.
“And have you no fears for yourself? Where so many have yielded their willing hearts, do you expect to escape without paying the same penalty?”