"I beg pardon," said she, "I was just one minute too soon; was I not?"
"She would have them sent here and unpacked," said Mr. Palliser, "though I told her it was foolish."
"Of course I would," said Lady Glencora. "Everything shall be unpacked and shown. It's easy to get somebody to pack them again."
Much of the wedding tribute had already been deposited with the china, and among other things there were the jewels that Lady Midlothian had brought.
"Upon my word, her ladyship's diamonds are not to be sneezed at," said Lady Glencora.
"I don't care for diamonds," said Alice.
Then Lady Glencora took up the Countess's trinkets, and shook her head and turned up her nose. There was a wonderfully comic expression on her face as she did so.

"I beg pardon," said she, "I was just one minute too soon; was I not? All the wedding gifts are displayed here. It's easy to get somebody to pack them again."
Among the wedding gifts were the jewels that Lady Midlothian had brought.
"Upon my word, her ladyship's diamonds are not to be sneezed at," said Lady Glencora.
"I don't care for diamonds," said Alice.
Lady Glencora took up the Countess's trinkets, and shook her head and turned up her nose with a wonderfully comic expression.
