grenadine

    "—

    "Not one of all which is fit to be seen,"

    Said the lady, becoming excited and flushed.

    "Then wear," I exclaimed, in a tone which quite crushed

    Opposition, "that gorgeous

     toilette

    which you sported

    In Paris last spring, at the grand presentation,

    When you quite turned the head of the head of the nation,

    And by all the grand court were so very much courted."

    The end of the nose was portentously tipped up

    And both the bright eyes shot forth indignation,

    As she burst upon me with the fierce exclamation,

    "I have worn it three times, at the least calculation,

    And that and most of my dresses are ripped up!"

    Here I

     ripped out

    something, perhaps rather rash,

    Quite innocent, though; but to use an expression

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