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Moreover , our distinguished escort is extremely fastidious concerning ladies ' toilettes . '' `` Here are my keys , Mrs. Andrews ; examine my wardrobe and select what you consider appropriate for to-night . '' `` On condition that you permit me to supply any deficiencies which I may discover ? Come to my room at six o'clock , and let Victorine dress your hair . Let me see , I expect a la Grec will best suit your head and face . '' Edna turned to her pupils and their books , but all day the flowers in the vase on the table prattled of days gone by ; of purple sunsets streaming through golden starred acacia boughs ; of long , languid , luxurious Southern afternoons dying slowly on beds of heliotrope and jasmine , spicy geraniums and gorgeous pelargoniums ; of dewy , delicious summer mornings , for ever and ever past , when standing beside a quivering snowbank of Lamarque roses , she had watched Tamerlane and his gloomy rider go down the shadowy avenue of elms . The monotonous hum of the children 's voices seemed thin and strange and far , far off , jarring the sweet bouquet babble ; and still as the hours passed , and the winter day waned , the flower Fugue swelled on and on , through the cold and dreary chambers of her heart ; now rising stormy and passionate , like a battle-blast , from the deep orange trumpet of a bignonia ; and now whispering and sobbing and pleading , from the pearly white lips of hallowed oxalis .