"Don't be afraid, Edith. I'll faint on your hands at the servants' dinner-time, the very first opportunity; and then, what with Sholto playing with the fire, and the baby crying, you'll begin to wish for a strong-minded woman, equal to any emergency."
"And you'll not grow too good to joke and be merry?"
"Not I. I shall be merrier than I have ever been, now I have got my own way."
"And you'll not go a figure, but let me buy your dresses for you?"
"Indeed I mean to buy them for myself. You shall come with me if you like; but no one can please me but myself."
"Oh! I was afraid you'd dress in brown and dust-colour, not to show the dirt you'll pick up in all those places. I'm glad you're going to keep one or two vanities, just by way of specimens of the old Adam."

'Don't be afraid, Edith. I'll faint on your hands at the first opportunity; and then, what with Sholto playing with the fire, and the baby crying, you'll begin to wish for a strong-minded woman, equal to any emergency.'
'And you'll not grow too good to joke and be merry?'
'Not I. I shall be merrier than I have ever been, now I have got my own way.'
'And you'll let me buy your dresses for you?'
'I mean to buy them for myself, though you shall come with me if you like.'
'Oh! I was afraid you'd dress in brown and dust-colour, so as not to show the dirt you'll pick up in all those places. I'm glad you're going to keep one or two vanities.'
