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Mr. West announced that he was obliged to run down to Brighton on business and would not return until late that night, and he commanded his daughter to write and ask Lady Rachel to come and lunch, and spend the day. At lunch time Lady Rachel duly drove up, and rustled in, full of gossip, full of vitality, and dressed out in the last suggestion of the winter's fashion. She had a great deal to tell about a grand dinner at a great house the previous evening, and retailed volubly and at length -- the _menu_, the names of the guests -- twenty-six -- and the dresses of the ladies.
"I wore a new frock, rather a daring style, geranium-red, silk skirt and sleeves, and a white satin body, veiled in black net, and embroidered in steel sequins. But it really _was_ sweet -- one of Doucet's. I dare not think of the price. However, it suited me -- so my cavalier assured me."