He came to the gate at which they stood, and ducking his head, unslung
the pack, and without further ceremony opened it.
A tempting array of stuffs and ribbons, pencils, pinchbeck jewels and
thimbles, scissors and knives, immediately became visible; with many
other things which it is not necessary for us to specify. The
pedlar called attention to them by pointing admiringly at each, and
recommended them by muttering broken English over them.
With that propensity of young ladies to handle and examine all
articles which concern themselves with personal adornment, Fanny and
Redbud, though they really wanted nothing, turned over everything in
the pack. But little resulted therefrom for the pedlar. He did not
succeed in persuading Redbud to buy a beautiful dress pattern, with
dahlias and hollyhocks, in their natural size and colors; and was
equally unsuccessful with Fanny, who obstinately declined to
reduce into her possession a lovely lace cap, such as our dear
old grandmamas' portraits show us--though this description may be
incorrect, as Fanny always said that the article in question was a
night-cap.
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