The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Appearance Quotes

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Quote #10

We settled into the family carriage.

"Why is Charlotte's dress so tattered?" Evelina asked.

"It was a difficult voyage, dearest," my mother answered for me.

"And her gloves are so dirty," Albert chimed in.

"Albert!" Papa reproved him.

But then, after we'd gone on apace in silence, my mother said, "Charlotte, your face is so very brown." (22.40-22.45)

Charlotte's family fixates on her clothing, just as she fixated on the clothing, skin, and manners of the men as she was first brought aboard the Seahawk. Has she come completely full circle?