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`` But that dress is not finished ; it is hardly commenced ; only the embroidery is completed . Mademoiselle Victorine told me it could not be done under three days . '' `` It shall be finished for _ you _ , if you so please , before it is time for you to dress for this evening 's assembly . '' `` But that can not be ; it is not possible ; it is four o'clock now ; it would be a miracle ! '' `` Not quite , '' returned Madeleine , quietly . `` In past days I was said to have the fingers of a fairy , and you shall admit that magical power remains to me . I repeat , the dress shall be completed , if you desire it , to-night . ''