"You have not an extensive wardrobe, possibly, my dear ?" "Not very," replied Lucy.

"This was my best dress, until I had my new silk.

Mrs.Cust told me to put this one on for dinner to-day, and she said if Lady--if you and Miss Verner dressed very much, I could change it for the silk to-morrow.

It is a _beautiful_ dress," Lucy added, looking ingenuously at Lady Verner, "a pearl gray.

Then I have my morning dresses, and then my white for dancing.