_From “Northanger Abbey.”_
_Costumes._
_Isabella_ is wearing a pelisse of lilac-coloured sarsanet, trimmed
with white swansdown; a French cambric frock fastened down the front
with small round pearl buttons, and with a border of gold-coloured
embroidery round the skirt, which is of walking length. The bodice is
cut low, a muslin chemisette with high collar and frill being worn to
cover the neck.
The hat of straw or white beaver is tied under the chin by a
tan-coloured ribbon, which passes over the crown; a tuft of white
ostrich feathers on the left side; tan gloves and tan shoes.
_Catherine_ wears a large natural-coloured straw hat, with jonguille
green ribbon and white feathers. A dress of cambric muslin spotted with
pale yellow flowers, short full sleeves, and a primrose-coloured shawl;
white or tan gloves.
[Illustration: _Isabella Thorpe and Catherine Morland._]