"
"I know it, Aunt Alice, but we never thought of mending things down at the
Hurly-Burly, and there was no one to do it for us, as there was at Aunt
Isabel's."
"Never mind your other aunts, Patty; you have to deal now with your Aunt
Alice, and you will find her a regular tyrant."
But the loving smile which accompanied this speech robbed it of all
tyrannical effect.
"Now," the "tyrant" went on, "we'll put in one pile all the things that are
too faded or worn to be of use to you, and those we'll give away to some
one who can use them. These heavy silk and velvet frocks and these gorgeous
party dresses we'll just lay away for the present, and now we'll put in
this place all that needs mending. It's a shame to see these dainty little
white petticoats and nightgowns with their buttons off, and their trimmings
torn."
"Yes, Aunt Isabel bought me those, and they were lovely when they were
new."
"And they'll be lovely again, for they only need a few stitches and some
good laundry-work to make them as pretty and fresh as ever.
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