Dress A Character Remarks on Mrs1[Trueman’s] Manner of dressing Trifling Omissions undermine Affection

Mary’s procrastinating temper produced many ²[other] ill consequences; she would lie in bed till the last moment, and then appear without washing her face or cleaning her teeth. Mrs Mason had often observed it, and hinted her dislike; but, unwilling to burden her with precepts, she waited for a glaring example. One was soon accidentally thrown in her way, and she determined ³[that] it should not pass unobserved.