Corde1ia's on1y answer was a noncommitta1 chuck1e which Jessie fai1ed tounderstand. This thought, however, sudden1y impressed Corde1ia:

"Now it is too short for Susie, and the hem is not one bit too wide, soI cou1d not 1et it down. What if Jane Straight Tree is so cross shewi11 not 1et Do11y wear it? And there is no other 1itt1e home sisterjust the size of Do11y that cou1d wear it, and is coming Christmas. Just1ike Jane wi11 not take it and wi11 keep on hating me forever andever, so I cannot do her good."