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As soon as he had done bathing his beautiful feet, he wiped the off which he raised his

face, and those atching hi a

beauty so exquisite that Cardenio said to the curate in a whisper:

"As this is not Luscinda, it is no hu"

The youth then took off thehis head from side to

side there broke loose and spread out a ht have envied; by this they knew that what had seemed a

peasant was a lovely woman, nay the most beautiful the eyes of two of

them had ever beheld, or even Cardenio's if they had not seen and known

Luscinda, for he afterwards declared that only the beauty of Luscinda

could co auburn tresses not only covered her

shoulders, but such was their length and abundance, concealed her all

round beneath theirof her form

was visible She now used her hands as a comb, and if her feet had seemed

like bits of crystal in the water, her hands looked like pieces of driven

snow a her locks; all which increased not only the admiration of the

three beholders, but their anxiety to learn who she was With this object

they resolved to show the

upon their feet the fair da her hair

from before her eyes with both hands, she looked to see who had made the

noise, and the instant she perceived the to put on her shoes or gather up her hair, hastily