“There is nothing that is quite so reassuring in an awkward situation as knowing that one is well turned-out, and while I hope I am not so fainthearted as to require such stratagems, I am not so foolish as to overlook their value.”
Patricia C. Wrede
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
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