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                                                        February 26, 2004     
                                                                              
   "A fair-haired girl, wearing one of                                       
   the transparent picture hats which      
   were fasionable in that year 1936,        Dangerbaby explains that a 
   stepped in through the open window."      "picture hat" would have a 
                                             wide round brim worn back so 
        Death Turns the Tables (1941)        that it frames the face.
        by John Dickson Carr
           
   

   "What if bravado prompter her to wear one 
   of the lewd dresses invented by Lady Caroline Lamb?"

   "This dress consisted of nothing whatever except a 
   gown of transparent muslin, dampened with water so 
   that it should adhere to the body." -- p.9
                                             
        The Bride of Newgate (1950), set in 1815   
        by John Dickson Carr                       
                                                   
                                                   


                                           
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