She had agreed to put Elizabeth in battle-array for her visit to Rittenhouse Square.

Elizabeth submitted meekly to her borrowed adornings.

Her hair was brushed over her face, and curled on a hot iron, and brushed backward in a perfect mat, and then puffed out in a bigger pompadour than usual.

The silk waist was put on with Lizzie's best skirt, and she was adjured not to let that drag.

Then the best hat with the cheap pink plumes was set atop the elaborate coiffure; the jacket was put on; and a pair of Lizzie's long silk gloves were struggled into.