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"Was ever maid so used as I? " / -- UPTON.
The days that ensued, how busy they were, and how fast they flew. Mrs. Redmond, with a deadened conscience and an active brain, fired up into a final blaze of energy and intrigue. She drew out -- although it was as agonising as extracting her teeth -- a considerable amount of her savings, to pay for Belle's extravagant outfit. It was one of her few remaining pleasures to see her idol fittingly adorned, and to superintend dress rehearsals of future social triumphs.