"You dress very well," Madame Merle lightly interposed.
"Possibly; but I don＇t care to be judged by that. My clothes may express the dressmaker, but they don＇t express me. To begin with it＇s not my own choice that I wear them; they＇re imposed upon me by society."
"Should you prefer to go without them?" Madame Merle enquired in a tone which virtually terminated the discussion.
