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Chapter 3

           “They’llbeannouncingthatthegentlemenareinthedrawingroomandweshallhavetogodown,andyouhavenotsmartenedyourselfupatall!”

           Thelittleprincessgotup,rangforthemaid,andhurriedlyandmerrilybegantodeviseandcarryoutaplanofhowPrincessMaryshouldbedressed.PrincessMary’sself-esteemwaswoundedbythefactthatthearrivalofasuitoragitatedher,andstillmoresobybothhercompanions’nothavingtheleastconceptionthatitcouldbeotherwise.Totellthemthatshefeltashamedforherselfandforthemwouldbetobetrayheragitation,whiletodeclinetheirofferstodressherwouldprolongtheirbanterandinsistence.Sheflushed,herbeautifuleyesgrewdim,redblotchescameonherface,andittookontheunattractivemartyrlikeexpressionitsooftenwore,asshesubmittedherselftoMademoiselleBourienneandLise.Boththesewomenquitesincerelytriedtomakeherlookpretty.Shewassoplainthatneitherofthemcouldthinkofherasarival,sotheybegandressingherwithperfectsincerity,andwiththenaïveandfirmconvictionwomenhavethatdresscanmakeafacepretty.

           “Noreally,mydear,thisdressisnotpretty,”saidLise,lookingsidewaysatPrincessMaryfromalittledistance.“Youhaveamaroondress,haveitfetched.Really!Youknowthefateofyourwholelifemaybeatstake.

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