. Wives and daughters : an every-day story . s Gibson was dressed for receiving callers, and made the effectshe always intended to produce, of a very pretty woman, no longerin first youth, but with such soft manners and such a caressing voice,that people forgot to wonder what her real age might be. Molly wasbetter dressed than formerly; her stepmother saw after that. Shedisliked anything old or shabby, or out of taste about her; it hurther eye ; and she had already fidgeted Molly into a new amount ofcare about the manner in which she put on her clothes, arranged herhair, and was glo
. Wives and daughters : an every-day story . s Gibson was dressed for receiving callers, and made the effectshe always intended to produce, of a very pretty woman, no longerin first youth, but with such soft manners and such a caressing voice,that people forgot to wonder what her real age might be. Molly wasbetter dressed than formerly; her stepmother saw after that. Shedisliked anything old or shabby, or out of taste about her; it hurther eye ; and she had already fidgeted Molly into a new amount ofcare about the manner in which she put on her clothes, arranged herhair, and was gloved and shod. Mrs. Gibson had tried to put herthrough a course of rosemary washes and creams in order to improveher tanned complexion ; but about that Molly was eithel^ forgetful orrebellious, and Mrs. Gibson could not well come up to the girls bed-room every night and see that she daubed her face and neck overwith the cosmetics so carefully provided for her. Still her appear-ance was extremely improved, even to Osbornes critical eye. Roger. THE BRIDE AT HOME. 181 sought rather to discover in her looks and expression whether shewas happy or not; his mother had especially charged him to note allthese signs. Oshorne and Mrs. Gihson made themselves agreeable to eachother according to the approved fashion when a young man calls on amiddle-aged bride. They talked of the Shakspeare and musicalglasses of the day, each vieing with the other in their knowledge ofLondon topics. Molly heard fragments of their conversation in thepauses of silence between Roger and herself. Her hero was comingout in quite a new character; no longer literary or poetical, orromantic, or critical, he was now full of the last new play, the singersat the opera. He had the advantage over Mrs. Gibson, who, in fact,only spoke of these things from hearsay, from listening to the talk atthe Towers, while Osborne had run up from Cambridge two or threetimes to hear this, or to see that wonder of the season. But she hadt
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