embroideress

Doa Paula declared she must have done so; the embroideress wept, and there was a regular scene.

Doa Paula sent for Nieves, the embroideress, and a long conference ensued with closed doors.

Both looked at the embroideress, who raised her head, and seeing that the conversation was about her, she made a face.

The embroideress wore a scarlet sash at her waist, and this remark of her ex-admirer so flustered her that she could not reply.

Why, then, had this skilful embroideress deliberately threaded her needle with a shade of brilliant blue silk?