Until one day he forgot to lock the door, and was discovered cutting out the latest Paris gown. ‘Fact is, my love,’ he said, ‘I colud not help feeling that, as one who knew nothing of dressmaking, I was unfit to be a modern judge. It preyed upon me. If, however, you will now kindly cast your eye over my efforts, I think you will admit that—ah !’—and he swelled with honest pride.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 35, 29 August 1891, Page 316
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73Until one day he forgot to lock the door, and was discovered cutting out the latest Paris gown. ‘Fact is, my love,’ he said, ‘I colud not help feeling that, as one who knew nothing of dressmaking, I was unfit to be a modern judge. It preyed upon me. If, however, you will now kindly cast your eye over my efforts, I think you will admit that—ah !’—and he swelled with honest pride. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 35, 29 August 1891, Page 316
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