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amethysts--every jewel that ever shone But neither dresses nor gems

were half so superb as the peerless forms they adorned; and such an arhtest brunette,

had never ether before

Each lovely face was un theirls"

were perfect strangers to hi theeous array,

in purple and fine linen, which being interpreted, signifieth in silken

hose of every color under the sun, spangled and embroidered slippers

radiant with diamond buckles, doublets of as hts, slashed with satin and es, according to the hideous fashion then in vogue,

and under those sahed many a handsome face Sir

Norallants were

strangers to him as well as the ladies, but whoever they were, whether

mortal men or "spirits from the vasty deep," they were in the tallest

sort of clover just then Evidently they knew it, too, and seemed to be

on the best of terhed,

and flirted, and flattered, with as mach perfection as so many ball-room

Apollos of the present day