Instead of a skirt she wore short , wide - legged silk breeches , which ceased a hand 's breadth short of her knees , and were upheld by a wide silken sash worn as a girdle .
The latter were incongruous , in view of her present environs .
Instead of a skirt she wore short , wide - legged silk breeches , which ceased a hand 's breadth short of her knees , and were upheld by a wide silken sash worn as a girdle .
The latter were incongruous , in view of her present environs .