 Wishing to depict Jessica as the " Extreme Female " , Chase emphasizes her clothing and gives Dain " a chance to exercise his caustic wit " , as he deems the latest fashions to be ridiculous . Upon their first meeting he silently observes that Jessica is wearing " a blue <unk> of some sort and one of the hideously <unk> bonnets currently in fashion " . Jessica differs from many other Chase heroines by being interested in fashion ; the author felt that " the way they dress , to a great extent , tells us who they are , in the same way that other heroines ’ simpler or less fashionable attire expresses something about them " . 
