Epigraph:
=='Her pale draperies, and the background of foliage against which she stood, served only to relieve the long dryad-like curves that swept upwards from her poised foot to her lifted arm.'
Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth
'She's a frump,' thought Elizabeth with relief; but then Athena stepped forward and held out her hand, and Elizabeth saw the cleverly mended sleeve of her jumper and was suddenly not so sure.'
Helen Garner, The Children's Bach