RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, The School for Scandal As the first of Susannah’s new gowns would not be ready for several days, Jane determined to alter one of her own dresses to fit her cousin. The selection of a suitable dress proved to be quite a challenge, since Susannah was (as Madame Lavert had noted) both shorter and curvier than her English counterpart. She finally settled on a simple lilac gown of figured muslin with a drawstring fastening beneath the bosom which might be adjusted to accommodate Susannah’s somewhat rounder form. The length, too, could be shortened by the simple expedient of removing the flounce adorning the hem. Susannah, much moved by this gesture, protested her unworthiness of such a sacrifice, but seeing that Jane would not be gainsaid, at least determined to spare her the labour by performing the necessary alterations herself. “Oh, can you sew?” Jane asked, heartened by this hint of hidden talents on Susannah’s part. “Not like you do,” the younger girl confessed, glancing wistfully at Jane’s embroidery in its tambour frame.
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