"Her dresses were made at the distinguished establishment of Madame Mantalini, in Hanover Square; at least she was in the habit of getting one dress there every other season, and this was quite sufficient among her friends to give her a reputation for dealing in the proper quarter. Once she had got a bonnet direct from Paris, which gave her ample opportunity of expressing a frequent opinion not favourable to the fabricators of a British article. She always took care that her shoes had within them the name of a French cordonnier; and her gloves were made to order in the Rue Du Bac, though usually bought and paid for in Tottenham Court Road." 'What a false creature!' said Linda. 'False!' said Charley; 'and how is a girl to get along if she be not false? What girl could live for a moment before the world if she were to tell the whole truth about the get-up of her wardrobe--the patchings and make-believes, the chipped ribbons and turned silks, the little bills here, and the little bills there? How else is an allowance of £20 a year to be made compatible with an appearance of unlimited income? How else are young men to be taught to think that in an affair of dress money is a matter of no moment whatsoever?' 'Oh, Charley, Charley, don't be slanderous,' said Mrs. Woodward. 'I only repeat what the editor says to me--I know nothing about it myself. Only we are requested 'to hold the mirror up to nature,'--and to art too, I believe. We are to set these things right, you know.' 'We--who are we?' said Katie. 'Why, the _Daily Delight_,' said Charley. 'But I hope there's nothing false in patching and turning,' said Mrs. Woodward; 'for if there be, I'm the falsest woman alive. To gar the auld claes look amaist as weel's the new is, I thought, one of the most legitimate objects of a woman's diligence.' 'It all depends on the spirit of the stitches,' said Charley the censor. 'Well, I must say I don't like mending up old clothes a bit better than Charley does,' said Katie; 'but pray go on, mamma;' so Mrs. Woodward continued to read.