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Behind the Scenes. 289
had a spasm of alarm, for an accident would have
exposed us to public gaze, and of course the masquerade would have been at an end. On Tuesday I hunted up a number of dealers in secondhand clothing, and had them call at the hotel
by appointment. Mrs. Lincoln soon discovered that they were hard people to drive a bargain
with, so on Thursday we got into a close carriage, taking a bundle of dresses and shawls with
us, and drove to a number of stores on Seventh
Avenue, where an attempt was made to dispose
of a portion of the wardrobe. The dealers wanted
the goods for little or nothing, and we found it a
hard matter to drive a bargain with them. Mrs.
Lincoln met the dealers squarely, but all of her
tact and shrewdness failed to accomplish much.
I do not care to dwell upon this portion of my
story. Let it answer to say, that we returned to
the hotel more disgusted than ever with the business in which we were engaged. There was much
curiosity at the hotel in relation to us, as our
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| Title | Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House |
| Creator | Keckley, Elizabeth |
| Publisher | G.W. Carleton & Co. |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1868 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000294 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Behind the Scenes. 289 had a spasm of alarm, for an accident would have exposed us to public gaze, and of course the masquerade would have been at an end. On Tuesday I hunted up a number of dealers in secondhand clothing, and had them call at the hotel by appointment. Mrs. Lincoln soon discovered that they were hard people to drive a bargain with, so on Thursday we got into a close carriage, taking a bundle of dresses and shawls with us, and drove to a number of stores on Seventh Avenue, where an attempt was made to dispose of a portion of the wardrobe. The dealers wanted the goods for little or nothing, and we found it a hard matter to drive a bargain with them. Mrs. Lincoln met the dealers squarely, but all of her tact and shrewdness failed to accomplish much. I do not care to dwell upon this portion of my story. Let it answer to say, that we returned to the hotel more disgusted than ever with the business in which we were engaged. There was much curiosity at the hotel in relation to us, as our 13 |
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