“Very good indeed,” remarked Miss Peecher, with encouragement. “In fact, could not be better. Don’t forget to apply it, another time, Mary Anne.” This said, Miss Peecher finished the watering of her flowers, and went into her little official residence, and took a refresher of the principal rivers and mountains of the world, their breadths, depths, and heights, before settling the measurements of the body of a dress for her own personal occupation.

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