THE DOLL AND HER FRIENDS. 39

to indulge the hope that I was becoming a pleasing,
well-bred little doll. ,

On one mortifying occasion, however, I must
own that Rose’s anxiety for my always followmg
in her steps was the cause of a serious injury to
me. She remarked that I had got into a horrid
way of kicking off my shoes while I was learning
my poetry; and she thought the best cure would
be to make me wear sandals. I observed that she
"was sewing sandals to her own shoes at the time,
and she consulted Willy about some means of doing
the same by mine. Willy held me head down-
wards, and examined my feet. My shoes were.
painted, therefore sewing was out of the question.
He advised glue. This was tried, but it came
through the thin narrow ribbon of which my san-
dals were to be made, and looked very dirty. They
were taken off; but the operation had spoilt the
delicacy of my white stockings, and Rose said it
was impossible to let me go such an untidy figure ;
we must try some other way. She asked Willy to
lend her a gimlet, that she might bore holes at the
sides of my feet, and glue the ribbon into them, so
as not to shew the glue. Willy said she was wel-
come to the gimlet, but that he advised her to leave
it alone, for that she would only break my feet.
But Rose would not be dissuaded, and began boring.