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I hope that you know how to behave; you grew up in the capital.

Though you have been living two years hereabouts, you have not

yet completely forgotten St. Petersburg. Well, Zosia, make your

toilet; get the things from my desk, you will find ready

everything needed for dressing. Hurry up, for at any minute they

may come home from hunting."

The chambermaid and a serving girl were summoned; into a silver

basin they poured a pitcher of water, and Zosia, fluttering like

a sparrow in the sand, washed with the aid of the servant her

hands, face, and neck. Telimena opened her St. Petersburg stores

and took forth bottles of perfumes, and jars of pomade; she

sprinkled Zosia over with choice perfume-the fragrance filled the

room-and smeared her hair with ointment. Zosia put on white

open-work stockings and white satin shoes from Warsaw. Meanwhile

the chambermaid had laced her up, and then thrown a dressing-sack

over the young lady's shoulders: after crimping her hair with a

hot iron they proceeded to take off the curl-papers; her locks,

since they were rather short, they made into two braids, leaving

the hair smooth on the brow and temples.