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Updated: May 4, 2025
If that child ain't droppin' off to sleep, suckin' the red plush o' the seat! For all the world like she didn't have a wink o' rest last night, or a bite or a sup this mornin' an' she slep' the clock 'round, an' et a breakfast fit for a trooper. Say, Sabina here, wake up! An' take your tongue off'n that beautiful cotton-backed plush, d'you hear?
Timms, with not a penny in the bank, pinched himself to give a little dinner in imitation of a great lord who gave a great dinner, and had gold beyond his count; snobs, who wore paste jewels and cotton-backed velvet, who cursed a fellow and strutted about in imitation of noble lords, who wore real diamonds and silken velvets! mimicking the follies of the great, but never their noble deeds and heroisms.
Only a prince would be raising silkworms arrayed in a costume of real velvet; and even then, were he to do it, he would be an extravagant fellow." "Is velvet made in America?" Madame Bretton asked. "America makes almost no velvet cloth, but much velvet ribbon, some of which is very fine. The American mills also turn out a great deal of cheaper, cotton-backed velvet ribbon.
More and more candles did she light with a trembling hand, trusting devoutly that no one would come in and discover her with such an extravagant illumination. Then she tried each of the two long glasses of the room in turn. Her courage mounted. It was pretty. The terra-cotta shade was exquisite, and no one could tell that the satin was cotton-backed.
"Blue, baby is so fair, and blue suits her best; I think I shall get some cotton-backed velvet just to trim it; I must not dream of fur." "How would miniver look round the cape and neck? I have two or three yards in very good condition. Deb picked it off my wadded satin mantle years ago. I was keeping it for some special occasion.
It was understood that there was to be no nonsense, and Abe had been heard to declare that he would 'throw out any cotton-backed fool who couldn't hold himself down, and further, he had enjoined them to remember that 'her arm wasn't a pump-handle. At last they were all gone, all but her guard of honour Shaw, Vernon Winton, Geordie, Nixon, Abe, Nelson, Craig, and myself.
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