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''' So the sisters were received with a murmur on their delay . The pretty dress prepared for Mona was found to be too small for the tall shapely Franceska , and Sophy undertook to alter it , while poor Francie 's troubles began . Whether it was that Uncle Lance and Gerald were in a secret state of turmoil , or that their requirements were a good deal higher than for the Vale Leston audience , or perhaps that she had no inheritance of actress traditions , they certainly were a great deal sharper with her than they had been ever before or with Ludmilla . Gerald derided her efforts sarcastically , and Uncle Lance found fault good-humouredly but seriously , and she was nearly in tears by eleven o'clock , when the procession was to take place . She was quite surprised when Lance turned to her and said -- `` Thank you , my dear , you are doing capitally . I shall be proud of my daughter Mona . '' Quite in spirits again , she was sewn by Sophy into her still unfinished dress , her beautiful light golden flax tresses were snooded , her Highland scarf pinned on her shoulder , and she hurried to her uncle , now be-robed and be-wigged , with Gerald in full Highland garb , looking very much disgusted , especially when her uncle said -- `` Well done , Francie .