The contents of the glass cases
were looked over critically for some time before she selected one which
she tried on before the long mirror. The milliner, who deftly adjusted
it for her, tipping it first forward a little, then setting it back a
trifle, stood off now to view the effect, at the same time assuring her
how beautiful it was, and how vastly becoming to her.
"I like this hat very much," said the lady; "or at least I shall like
it when the bird is taken off."
"You think the oriole too gay? Orange is quite the vogue," answered
the milliner, who seemed reluctant to make any change, and yet was
anxious to please her customer. "Perhaps you'd prefer some wings; or
stay, here is a sweet little gull that will go all right with the rest
of the trimming. We will take off the oriole if you wish."
"Thank you, but I have decided not to wear birds any more," said the
customer.
"But the effect would be quite spoiled without a wing, or an aigrette,
or something there," exclaimed the milliner. "You wouldn't like it. I
wouldn't think of taking off the bird, if I were you."
"Yes, I shall like it much better with the bird off," returned the lady
quietly. "I have sufficient sins to answer for without any longer
adding the crime of bird slaughter to the list.
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