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` With her hair done all _ à l'impératrice _ , Sweetly done with the best of grease , She looks like a Goddess or Queen , -- And so I declare , And solemnly swear , That the loveliest lady that ever was seen Is still the Lady Crinoline , The lovely Lady Crinoline . ' '' ` And so ends the third chapter , ' said Mrs. Woodward . Both Katie and Linda were beginning to criticize , but Mrs. Woodward repressed them sternly , and went on with '' ` It was a lovely day towards the end of May that Macassar Jones , presenting himself before the desk of the senior clerk at one o'clock , begged for permission to be absent for two hours . The request was preferred with meek and hesitating voice , and with downcast eyes . `` The senior clerk shook his grey locks sadly ! sadly he shook his thin grey locks , for he grieved at the sight which he saw .