The next day Jane came around early.
"There's a sail on down town, Bab," she said. "Don't you
want to begin laying away underclothes for your _Trouseau_? You
can't begin to soon, because it takes such a lot."
I have no wish to reflect on Jane in this story. She meant
well. But she knew I had decided to buy an automobile, saying
nothing to the Familey until to late, when I had learned to
drive it and it could not be returned. Also she knew my Income,
which was not princly although suficient.
But she urged me to take my Check Book and go to the sail.
Now, if I have a weakness, it is for fine under things,
with ribbon of a pale pink and everything maching. Although I
spent but fifty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents on the
_Trouseau_ that day, I felt uneasy, especialy as, just
afterwards, I saw in a window a costume for a woman _chauffeur_,
belted lether coat and leggings, skirt and lether cap.
I gave a check for it also, and on going home hid my Check
Book, as Hannah was always snooping around and watching how much
I spent. But luckaly we were packing for the country, and she
did not find it.
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