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He refused . She went off with Ozzie , while her parents sat side by side on gold chairs like ancestors . Sissie repeated her command , and Mr. Prohack was about to disobey when Eliza Fiddle dawned upon the assemblage . The supernatural creature had been rehearsing until 3 a.m. , she had been trying on clothes from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. . She had borne the chief weight of _ Smack Your Face _ , on her unique shoulders for nearly three hours and a half . She had changed into an unforgettable black ball-dress , cut to demonstrate in the clearest fashion that her shoulders had suffered no harm ; and here she was as fresh as Aphrodite from the foam . She immediately set herself to bear the chief weight of the ball on those same defenceless shoulders ; for she was , in theory at any rate , the leading organiser of the affair , and according to the entire press it was `` her '' ball .