Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

不还是个皮包骨头的黑小妞，穿着简单的短，扎着呆的发辫，如今俨然一派保姆的模样，穿着印花布的连，戴着浆洗得硬挺的雪白头巾。