A PAIR OF BLUE
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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