46 The Fairy Godmothers.

they fo much defpifed: and driving round the
“* dirty town” they fo much difliked : and along
a park a great deal too fmoky for their tafte: and
they could not underftand the haughty glance of
felf-fatisfaction with which fhe looked out upon
the walking crowds fhe paffed, or the affected gra- .
ciouf{nefs with which fhe fmiled upon the few
whom fhe condefcended to recognize as acquaint-
ances. ‘T’hey thought her very naughty and very
abfurd for being conceited about fuch matters.
They followed her to her Milliner’s too, and there
I affure you they had nearly betrayed their pre-
fence by the uncontrollable fits of laughter they
fell into when fhe was trying on, or talking about,
bonnets, head drefles, gowns, &c. with the affected
Frenchwoman who fhowed them off. Julia cared
for nothing becaufe it was pretty or tafteful, but
chofe every thing by its coftlinefs and magnifi-
cence. Of courfe the milliner affured her that
every thing fhe took a fancy to from its. rarity,
was becoming ; and then, oh dear! how the Fai-
ries were amufed! for poor Julja looked down-
right ugly in fome of the things fhe felected, and
ftill went away as felf fatisfied as ever, on the
old grounds that the coftume was fo expenfive that
none of her acquaintance could get one like it.
This was {till her chief comfort !_ Euphrofyne ac-
tually fhook her fift at her as fhe was going away,
and fhe had the toothache for the reft of the day,
and was extremely crofs to her hufband in confe-
quence. For, by the way, Julia had married —