VICKI EMERGED WITH her blonde curls piled in a new fashion, and perfume, and—even in the midst of the excitement—free samples for little Ginny. Tomboy Jean was allowed to keep her cropped hair style. Charmion was smartened up and looked happier. They agreed that the most transformed of all was Dot Crowley: correct hair-do and an improved attitude (thanks to Charmion) softened Dot’s willful jaw and made her more likable. The most striking, they all agreed, was brunette Tessa; the prettiest, doll-faced Celia. But the loveliest was Vicki—to her intense embarrassment.
They managed an afternoon off for shopping. It was mostly window shopping, up and down Fifth Avenue, and gazing with awe and rapture at the magnificently dressed New York women. Their mouths watered at the ravishing furs and jew
