Dear Mrs Chiley," said Lucilla, "it doesn't matter....

“ Dear Mrs Chiley," said Lucilla, "it doesn't matter in the least what you wear; there are only to be gentlemen, you, know, and one never dresses for gentlemen. (...) Their vanity is something dreadful-but it is one of my principles never to dress unless there are ladies. ”

Mrs. Oliphant

From : Miss Marjoribanks