“You know, professor, a nice plain dress might look lovely when she is surrounded by flowers in her job.” She said thoughtfully. There was elegance in that, there was something inside Maggie that was really drawn to this, she had never had the opportunity to think of more than a couple of very cheap dresses, the idea of matching and outfit to a setting thrilled her in a special kind of way.

“How about that grey dress, with this around the waist?” she handed charley a ribbon which was pink, but in the softest way that it might be silver.

"Just think of them as braces that go round the middle if you are worried." She giggled and gently tied a bow in the ribbon in front of her. I can't wait until I can cinch in my waist like the older girls. She put her hands where her waist was and pushed it in to try and give her young frame some semblance of an hourglass.

"Oh… I like this blouse, please try it on Charley." It was a blouse for a skirt but would look smart with a pair of trousers. Maggie had finally found a middle ground.

Maggie smirked at Charley when she enquired about a lady that bends. She's got you there, miss." She added. She knew what the professor meant and her tone was just of play. “A lady bends at the knees a, wh…” her eyes widened and she blushed almost forgetting she had been chided once before that that word was not one for polite company.

I'm going to try this one if I may. She disappeared behind the screen to try a pretty light purple dress with just a hint of faux whalebone in the middle. Charley, bring yours and come see!"