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Abbie was back in her bedroom and dressed, now, for the wedding, in the lavender silk with the lace collar from Vienna. Margaret had dressed her hair and Isabelle had manicured her nails and Grace had powdered her skin,--with Abbie a little uncertain of the outcome as though, in her excitement, Grace might have purchased gunpowder by mistake.
She loved the beauty of everything connected with the affair, but she was tired. It was queer how much more she could stand around home than when she was away. The work in the house, the care of the chickens and flowers,--the whole responsibility of the home place was not so tiring as something unusual and out of the ordinary like this.