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She dropped her eyelids , and replied icily -- `` As you have already made your arrangements it is useless for me to offer any objections . You are evidently determined to take your own way in spite of anything I can say . I can only trust that no harm may come of the experiment . '' On Thursday afternoon at three o'clock Cornelia retired to her bedroom , and with the help of the devoted Mary proceeded to make an elaborate toilette for the drive . Those wonderful trunks seemed to contain garments suitable for every possible occasion which could arise ; for every fluctuation of weather , for every degree of festivity . From one of the number out came a long driving coat , snowy white , light of texture , an ideal garment for a warm yet dusty summer 's day , which being fastened down the side by huge pearl buttons , displayed a degree of smartness nothing short of uncanny in an untrimmed garment . To wear with the coat there was a jaunty cap , and a pair of driving gloves with wide , gauntleted cuffs .