According to herself, she had stopped Lucy to demand back from Mr.Hope through the girl certain articles of attire which had been borrowed for artistic purposes.

These, consisting of a shawl and a skirt and a bodice, were of extraordinary value, and Mrs.
Bolton wanted them back or their equivalent in value.

She mentioned that she would prefer the sum of five pounds.
"Why do you not ask Mr.Hope yourself ?" said Lucy who was too impatient to bear with the old creature's maunderings.

"If you gave him the things he will no doubt return them." "If they aren't spiled with paint," wailed Widow Anne.

"He told my Sid as he wanted them for a model to wear while being painted.