A PAIR OF BLUE
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EYES.
the promenading spectators a
what
man
of some-
description from the rest.
cliiFerent
Behind the general throng,
in the rear of
the chairs, and leanino^ ao^ainst the trunk of a tree, he looked at Elfride with quiet
and
critical interest.
Three
points
about
this
unobtrusive
person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a First,
Row man pur
an irrepressible wrinkle or two in
the waist of his frock-coat
he had not damned his
— denoting that
tailor sufficiently
tradesman up to the orthodox
to drive that
high
sang.
of cunning workmanship.
pressure
Second, a slight slovenliness of umbrella, occasioned
by
heavily upon
its
it,
owner's habit of resting
and using
it
as a veritable
walking-stick, instead of letting
its
point
touch the ground in the most coquettish of kisses, as do.
is
the proper
Row manner
Third, and chief reason, that try
to
how
you might, you could scarcely help supposing, on looking at his face, that
your eyes
