b-e-a-utifully

Updated: May 10, 2025

"I never shall forget how b-e-a-utifully she looked as she sat in state on the front parlor sophy, right under a great portrait of her first husband; and on either side of her sat Madam Storer and Madam Williams, elegant to behold, in their stiff silks, rich lace, and stately turbans. We don't see such splendid old ladies now-a-days." "I think we do sometimes," said Polly, slyly.

Louisa May Alcott - An Old-Fashioned Girl