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IV. Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure

           

           FormummersandmummingEustaciahadthegreatestcontempt.Themummersthemselveswerenotafflictedwithanysuchfeelingfortheirart,thoughatthesametimetheywerenotenthusiastic.Atraditionalpastimeistobedistinguishedfromamererevivalinnomorestrikingfeaturethaninthis,thatwhileintherevivalallisexcitementandfervour,thesurvivaliscarriedonwithastolidityandabsenceofstirwhichsetsonewonderingwhyathingthatisdonesoperfunctorilyshouldbekeptupatall.LikeBalaamandotherunwillingprophets,theagentsseemmovedbyaninnercompulsiontosayanddotheirallottedpartswhethertheywillorno.Thisunweetingmannerofperformanceisthetrueringbywhich,inthisrefurbishingage,afossilizedsurvivalmaybeknownfromaspuriousreproduction.

           Thepiecewasthewell-knownplayofSaintGeorge,andallwhowerebehindthescenesassistedinthepreparations,includingthewomenofeachhousehold.Withouttheco-operationofsistersandsweetheartsthedresseswerelikelytobeafailure;butontheotherhand,thisclassofassistancewasnotwithoutitsdrawbacks.Thegirlscouldneverbebroughttorespecttraditionindesigninganddecoratingthearmour;theyinsistedonattachingloopsandbowsofsilkandvelvetinanysituationpleasingtotheirtaste.Gorget,gusset,basinet,cuirass,gauntlet,sleeve,allalikeintheviewofthesefeminineeyeswerepracticablespaceswhereontosewscrapsofflutteringcolour.

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