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She was interested in social reform and woman 's suffrage , and was worth helping along ; and besides that , she was a charming woman -- Thyrsis would surely find the adventure worth while . Then suddenly , while he was listening , it flashed over Thyrsis that he _ had _ heard of Mrs. Patton before ; the lady was in mourning for her brother , and Corydon had recently handed him a `` society '' item , which told of some unique and striking `` mourning-hosiery '' which she was introducing from Paris . Thyrsis in former days might have been shy of this phenomenon ; but at present he was a collecting economist on the look-out for specimens , and so he said he would go . He met Comings again at five o'clock , and they strolled out Fifth Avenue together to Mrs. Patton 's brown-stone palace . Thyrsis observed that his friend had been considerate enough to omit his afternoon change of costume , and for this he was grateful . Mrs. Patton was still in mourning , a filmy and diaphanous kind of mourning , beautiful enough to placate the angel Azrael himself . A filmy and diaphanous creature was Mrs. Patton also -- one could never have dreamed of so exquisite a black butterfly .