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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 asad 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- 
