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for her beauty, but then, could either of theraceful in their every movement, so subtly

rounded in their lines, arht) be wonderfully soft to the touch, and

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kissed thes forup suddenly

"Good!" said I

"Nonsense, sir--four shillings is ant!"

"Oh!--is it, Charmian?"

"Why, of course it is"

"Oh!" said I; "yes--perhaps it is"

"Perhaps!" said she, curling her lip atsaid which, Charain, and I in Charmian

In Homer we may read that the loveliness of Briseis caused

Achilles h to inflaods, and that Antiope's beauty dren

frohty Jove himself; and yet, was either of them

formed and shapedat what she had written, and petulantly biting her pen?

"Impossible!" said I, so suddenly that Char very like a fool

"What did you mean by 'impossible,' Peter?"