Chapter 32: XXXII

XXXII Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer meeting. Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer meeting. She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it. Anne felt quite amazed. Later on she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—…