A PAIR OF BLUE
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EYES.
a path Avliich ran into the one he
lowing, in the angle of the
met.
was
Elfride
abashed
coming
upon her the
Here they
field.
once exultant and
into
his
presence had
in fact,
his note-book in his hand,
been in the very act of writ-
ing therein,
when they came
each other.
He
sentence,
fol-
effect of entering a cathedral.
Knight had
and had,
at
was
the midst of a
left ofi" in
and proceeded
view of
in
to inquire
warmly
She said
concerning her state of health.
she was perfectly well, and indeed had never
looked better.
quent
as
Her health was Her
her actions.
as inconse-
lips
were red,
without the polish that cherries have, their redness
mth
margined
in a clearly-defined line,
of jagged confusion in
and
the white skin
which had nothing
it.
Altogether she
stood as the last person in the world to be
knocked over by a game of
chess, because
too ephemeral-looking to play one. '
Are you taking notes ?' she inquired
with an alacrity plainly arising
less
from
