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                                  INTERIM NOTE


                                                           Boston, Massachusetts

$1,650,000.00                                              June 5, 1997


     On or before Sixty (60) days from the date hereof, the undersigned DM
Management Company, for value received, promises to pay to the order of Citizens
Bank of Massachusetts (hereinafter called the "Bank"), at its principal office
at 55 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, or such other location that
the holder may specify

     One Million Six Hundred Fifty Thousand DOLLARS ($1,650,000.00)

with interest payable at maturity as hereafter set forth. This is the "Interim
Note" issued pursuant to the terms of a certain Loan Agreement dated the date
hereof, by and between Bank and the undersigned, as amended (the "Loan
Agreement").

     Interest shall accrue at the rate provided in the Loan Agreement for the
Interim Loan as defined therein and shall be paid at maturity hereof. Overdue
principal and overdue interest from time to time outstanding shall bear interest
in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement. If payment is not made when
due hereunder then, without limitation on any other right of the Holder, there
shall be a late charge as provided in the Loan Agreement.

     If an "Event of Default" (as defined in the Loan Agreement) shall occur,
the entire unpaid principal balance of this note and all accrued and unpaid
interest may become or be declared due and payable without notice or demand, in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Loan Agreement.

     Every maker, endorser and guarantor of this note, or the obligation
represented by this note, waives presentment, demand, notice, protest, and all
other demands or notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
endorsement, performance, default, or enforcement of this note, assents to any
and all extensions or postponements of the time of payment or any other
indulgence, to any substitution, exchange, or release of collateral, and/or to
the addition or release of any other party or person primarily or secondarily
liable, and generally waives all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature
thereof.

     The undersigned will pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of
collection, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred or paid by the holder
in enforcing this note or the obligations hereby evidenced, to the extent
permitted by law.

     No delay or omission of the holder in exercising any right of remedy
hereunder shall constitute a waiver of any such right or remedy.

     The holder need not enter payments of principal or interest upon this note,
but may maintain a record thereof on a separate ledger maintained by the holder.

     The word "holder" as used in this note shall mean the payee or indorsee of
this note who is in possession of it or the bearer if this note is at the time
payable to bearer.

     This note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall take effect as an instrument under
seal.

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WITNESS:                            DM MANAGEMENT COMPANY


/s/ David R. Pierson                By: /s/ Olga L. Conley
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                                        Olga L. Conley, its
                                            Vice President of Finance