CHAPTER XXMiss Maud Silver was shopping. Even in wartime, and with all the difficulty about coupons, children must be warmly clothed. She was planning to make a jersey and pull-on leggings for her niece Ethel’s youngest, who would be three next month. Ethel would provide two coupons, but that would not be enough. She would have to break in upon her own spring supply. It was of no consequence—her last summer’s dress was perfectly good, and she had plenty of stockings. Of course it was very difficult for the girls who wore these extremely thin silk stockings. Really you had only to look at them to see that they couldn’t be expected to last. Her own sensible hose were a very different matter—ribbed grey wool in winter, and good strong thread in summer. A great deal more durable.
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