Sentence:  [T]hey have put me in a silk night-gown and gaudy fool's cap, and make me now and then stand in the window with it. I am ashamed to be <WSD>dandled</WSD> thus, and cannot look in the glass without blushing to see myself turned into such a pretty little master. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.