At the end of a blue and silver day in March, Jane was doing her lessons in her room and feeling reasonably happy. She had had a rapturous letter from Jody that morning. all Jody's letters were rapturous. giving her lots of interesting news from Queen's Shore. she had had a birthday the week before and was now in her leggy teens. and two bits of luck had come her way that afternoon.
The door opened and mother came in, ready dressed for a restaurant dinner party. She wore the most wonderful sheath dress of ivory taffeta, with a sapphire velvet bow at the back and a little blue velvet jacket over her lovely shoulders. Her slippers were blue, with slender golden heels and she had her hair done in a new way . a sleek flat top to her head and a row of tricksy little curls around her neck.
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