The two younger of the trio (fine girls of sixteen and seventeen) had grey beaver hats, then in fashion, shaded with ostrich plumes, and from under the brim of this graceful head-dress fell a profusion of light tresses, elaborately curled; the elder lady was enveloped in a costly velvet shawl, trimmed with ermine, and she wore a false front of French curls.
Due di loro, belle ragazze dai sedici ai diciassette anni, portavano larghi cappelli di feltro guerniti di penne di struzzo, secondo l'ultimo figurino di mode. Una quantità di ricciolini facevano ombra alla fronte.