Elizabeth found herself wishing she might share them with Lizzie,--Lizzie who adored rich and beautiful things, and who had shared her meagre outfit with her.

She mentioned this wistfully to her grandmother, and in a fit of childish generosity that lady said: "Certainly, get her what you wish.

I'll take you downtown some day, and you can pick out some nice things for them all.
I hate to be under obligations." A dozen ready-made dresses had been sent out before the first afternoon was over, and Elizabeth spent the rest of the day in trying on and walking back and forth in front of her grandmother.

At last two or three were selected which it was thought would "do" until the dressmaker could be called in to help, and Elizabeth was clothed and allowed to come down into the life of the household.
It was not a large household.

It consisted of the grandmother, her dog, and the servants.