human
I often think that if dear papa had been able to allow _us_ to be less careful-- ; sighed Miss Virginia.
gpt
But of course in our day a silk stocking was a silk stocking.
human
Indeed it was! Do you remember the lovely pair Aunt Sara Miggs brought from abroad when she made the grand tour? White they were, Joan; and when they began to get a little yellow with washing, she gave them to me; and when I'd had plenty of use out of them, they were dipped pink for Sister Euphie; and by the time Sister Virgie got them they had become black.
gpt
With age?
human
Oh, no, dear. With dye.
gpt
Where are the stockings of yester-year? murmured the girl.
human
You can't buy good old family standbys like that nowadays, not at any price. Nothing but these miserable sleazy affairs that run if you look at them--the cowards!
gpt
Cowards--stockings? repeated Miss Iphigenia.
human
I'm afraid I don't quite see the connection--
gpt
There isn't any--don't mind me! And really it's quite a distinction to wear cotton ones nowadays,