general officer's daughter, Miss Mysie. What's that? Only Miss
Hacket, do you say? You should respect yourself and them you come of
mair than to show yourself to a blind beetle in an unbecoming way.
'Tis well that there's one in the house that knows what is befitting.
Miss Dollars, you stand still; I must sort your necktie before you go.
'Tis all of a wisp. Miss Mysie, you tell your mamma that I should be
fain to know her pleasure about Miss Dollars' frocks. She've scarce
got one--coloured or mourning--that don't want altering.'

Mrs. Halfpenny always caused Dolores such extreme astonishment and awe
that she obeyed her instantly, but to be turned about and tidied by an
authoritative hand was extremely disagreeable to the independent young
lady. Caroline had never treated her thus, being more willing to
permit untidiness than to endure her temper. She only durst, after the
pair were released, remonstrate with Mysie on being termed Miss
Dollars.

'They can't make out your name,' said Mysie. 'I tried to teach Lois,
but nurse said she had no notion of new-fangled nonsense names.'

'I'm sure Valetta and Primrose are worse.'

'Ah! but Val was born at Malta, and mamma had always loved the Grand
Master La Valetta so much, and had written verses about him when she
was only sixteen. And Primrose was named after the first primrose
mamma had seen for twelve years--the first one Val and I had ever
seen.'

'They called me Miss Mohun at home.'