. "We see the fine lady in a gown of velvet (the foreigners thoughtit odd that velvet should be worn in the street), or cloth of gold andsilver tissue, her hair eccentrically dressed, and perhaps dyed, a greathat with waving feathers, sometimes a painted face, maybe a mask or amuffler hiding all the features except the eyes, with a muff, silkstockings, high-heeled shoes, imitated from the chopine o" . . .