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furniture removed and the carpets covered, with 

 white cloth. 



Our eldest sister, Mary, must have been twenty- 

 one at that time, a stately, dignified girl, with beauti- 

 ful eyes and teeth, handsome hands, a heavenly sing- 

 ing voice, and a charming voice in speaking. She was 

 not handsome, but she was not a person to be over- 

 looked in any company. 



Lizzie was a very pretty girl of nineteen in the style 

 of beauty that belonged to that day, — graceful, 

 gentle, rather languid in her movements, but bright 

 and animated in conversation. She was a very at- 

 tractive girl, but one for whom I should not have pre- 

 dicted a career that would give her a wide reputation. 

 When I look at the massive building at Radcliffe, 

 named for her, it seems to me a strange monument to 

 have been raised to the gentle sister whom I remem- 

 ber at the ball I am describing. 



Caroline was then about fourteen years old, straight 

 as a dart, and promising to be the fine girl that she was 

 at eighteen, a graceful dancer and very witty and at- 

 tractive. Sallie was a round, plump, pretty child. Our 

 eldest brother, Tom, was an elegant young man, and 

 quite aware of the fact. Richard and I were the chil- 

 dren and allowed to come to the party and look on. 

 And thence came a sad adventure for me. Mr. Richard 

 Greenough invited me to dance, and I, seized with a 

 sudden panic, ran away and hid myself. Alas, poor 

 me! I thought I was disgraced for life. But to my aid 

 came the dear Lizzie, always kind and full of feeling 

 for others. She came in search of me, took me down- 



