Bill McNair

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They were both beautifully got up—all lace and silky stuff, and flowers, and ribbons, and dainty shoes, and light gloves.  But they were dressed for a photographic studio, not for a river picnic.  They were the “boating costumes” of a French fashion-plate.  It was ridiculous, fooling about in them anywhere near real earth, air, and water.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog): Illustrated, 1889 edition
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