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A PAIR OF BLUE

12

EYES.

showing her pleasure

artlessly

at

being

observed.

^My

you mustn't say "gentle-

dear,

men" nowadays,' her stepmother answered in the tones of great concern that so well

became

'We have handed

her.

tlemen" to the lower middle

word

the

balls It is

to be

is still

and provincial done with

tea-parties, I

"Ladies and men'" always.'

tion

a

I say,

then ?'

moment appeared moving

in the

contrary direcits

general

hue of a midnight

and margins being picked

sky, the wheels

delicate lines

servants' liveries silver lace,

in the stream

presenting in

chariot

surface the rich indigo

out in

believe.

here.'

'

this

where

heard at tradesmen's

What must

of vehicles

red.

class,

'

At

over "gen-

of ultramarine; the

were dark-blue coats and

and breeches of neutral Indian

The whole concern formed an organic

whole, and

moved along behind

ark- chestnut

geldings,

a pair of

who advanced

in