"My hands are better than a serving-woman's eyes.

You shall look as you never looked before.

I know every lock of your hair, and just how it should be turned and curled and fastened in place so that it cannot possibly get loose.

Come, we are wasting time.

Take off your slippers as I have done, so that no one shall hear us walking through the hall to your room, and bring the candles with you if you choose--yes, you need them to pick out the colours you like." "If you think it will be safer in the dark, it does not matter," said Dolores.