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Just as she was with her lace and silks and long flowing train Leona Lalage raced down the garden. With a bitter little smile she wondered what her society friends would say if they could see her at this moment.
The thorns of a rose bush caught a drooping mass of frippery and tore it away, but the woman paid no heed. Her dressmaker's bill need never be paid.