\"Not as well as you, dear,\" he rejoined, wondering what had suddenly developed in her Janey's morbid interest in clothes.
She pushed back her chair with a sigh. \"That's dear of you, Newland; but it doesn't help me much.\"
He had an inspiration. \"Why not wear your wedding-dress? That can't be wrong, can it?\"
\"Oh, dearest! If I only had it here! But it's gone to Paris to be made over for next winter, and Worth hasn't sent it back.\"
\"Not as well as you, dear,\" he rejoined, wondering what had suddenly developed in her Janey's morbid interest in clothes.
She pushed back her chair with a sigh. \"That's dear of you, Newland; but it doesn't help me much.\"
He had an inspiration. \"Why not wear your wedding-dress? That can't be wrong, can it?\"
\"Oh, dearest! If I only had it here! But it's gone to Paris to be made over for next winter, and Worth hasn't sent it back.\"
