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112 THE LADIES' SHOES.
rainy season; these are made with a high heel
and look unseemly. The fashion of shoes varies
with the times in this country, as well as in
others—sometimes it is genteel to have small
points to the shoes; at another, the points are
long and much curled ; but they still retain the
preference for pointed shoes whatever be the
fashion adopted.
The greatest novelty in the way of shoes,
which came under my observation in India, was
a pair of silver embroidery, small pointed, and
very neatly made: on the points and round
the instep small silver bells were fastened,
which produced harmony with every step, va-
ried by the quick or more gentle paces of the
wearer; these were a present to me from a lady
of distinction in Oude. Upon visiting this lady
on one occasion, my black silk slippers, which I
had left at the entrance (as is the custom here),
had most likely attracted the curiosity of the
Begum's slaves, for when that lady attended me
to the threshold, they could nowhere be found;
and I was in danger of being obliged to soil my
stockings by walking shoeless to my palkie,
rainy season; these are made with a high heel
and look unseemly. The fashion of shoes varies
with the times in this country, as well as in
others—sometimes it is genteel to have small
points to the shoes; at another, the points are
long and much curled ; but they still retain the
preference for pointed shoes whatever be the
fashion adopted.
The greatest novelty in the way of shoes,
which came under my observation in India, was
a pair of silver embroidery, small pointed, and
very neatly made: on the points and round
the instep small silver bells were fastened,
which produced harmony with every step, va-
ried by the quick or more gentle paces of the
wearer; these were a present to me from a lady
of distinction in Oude. Upon visiting this lady
on one occasion, my black silk slippers, which I
had left at the entrance (as is the custom here),
had most likely attracted the curiosity of the
Begum's slaves, for when that lady attended me
to the threshold, they could nowhere be found;
and I was in danger of being obliged to soil my
stockings by walking shoeless to my palkie,