'
Her bright hair was tossed up into a fluffy knot on the top of her
head; and with a flat coronet of wild roses and another great bunch
at her belt, one might have gone far and not have found a prettier
Rosalind.
'I declare, you are just too lovely--isn't she, Laura?' asked
Margery.
'Yes, she looks quite well,' answered Laura, abstractedly, being much
occupied in making herself absurdly beautiful as Audrey. 'Of course
the dress fits horridly, but perhaps it won't show in the dim light.'
'Oh, is it very bad?' sighed Bell, plaintively; 'I can't see it in
this glass. Well, the next one fits better, and I have to wear that
the longest. Shall I do your hair, Laura?'
'No--thanks; Margery has such a capital knack at hair-dressing, and
she doesn't come on yet.'
During this conversation Polly was struggling with Aunt Truth's
trained white wrapper. It was rather difficult to make it look like
a court dress; but she looked as fresh and radiant as a rose in it,
for the candle-light obliterated every freckle, and one could see
nothing but a pair of dancing eyes, the pinkest of cheeks, and a head
running over with curls of ruddy gold.
'Now, Bell, criticise me!' she cried, taking a position in the middle
of the tent, and turning round like a wax figure. 'I have torn out
my hair by the roots to give it a "done up" look, and have I
succeeded? and shall I wear any flowers with this lace surplice? and
what on earth shall I do with my hands? they're so black they will
cast a gloom over the stage.
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