It was a lady's head-dress and veil.
A few steps farther I picked up a lady's bodice and then a skirt.

By the time I had made this collection, Max and Mary had reached the moving panel at the foot of the stairs.

I heard it slide back, and a flood of light came in upon us.

Yolanda, in burgher girl's costume, sprang over the cushioned seat into Castleman's oak room.

Max followed, and I, with an armful of woman's gear, helped the duchess to step to the cushion and thence to the floor.