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A PAIR OF BLUE

Really, Charlotte,' said the vicar,

as

see

EYES.

much

you

Puff saw in

in faces as Mr.

Lord Burleigh's

nod.'

Elfride could not but admire the beauty

of her fellow countrywomen, especially since herself

and her own few acquaintances had

always been slightly sunburnt or marked

on the back of the hands by a bramblescratch at this time of the year. ^

And what

they wear in their bonnets '

^

Some

returned

yes,'

0,

of

them

are even

!'

Swancourt.

more

striking in

upon the stem prickles,

and

over her ear

Look

worn by the lady

Elegant

rails.

she exclaimed.

Mrs.

colour than any real ones. beautiful rose

and leaves

lovely flowers

all

I

vine -tendrils as

at that

inside the

introduced

an improvement upon

growing so naturally just say growing advisedly, for

the pink of the petals and the pink of her

handsome cheeks are equally from Nature's

hand

to the eyes of the

server.'

most casual ob-