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The girl ith changing color, stood gazing at Lord Drake Selbie

ht have stepped out of one of Marcus Stone's pictures She was as

fair as a piece of biscuit china Her hair was golden, and, strange to

say in these latter days, naturally so It was, indeed, like the fleece

of gold itself under her fashionable yachting hat Her eyes, widely

opened, with that curious look of surprise and fear, were hazel--a deep

hazel, which men, until they knew her, accepted as an indication of Lady

Lucille's depth of feeling She was slightly built, but graceful, with

the grace of the fashionable e of Art and Fashion of this

fin-de-siècle age Other ages have given us wit, beauty allied with

esprit, dignity of demeanor, and a nobility of principle; this end of

the nineteenth century has bestowed upon us--Lady Lucille Turfleigh

It is in its way a marvelous product It is very beautiful, with the

delicate beauty of excessive culture and effete luxury It has the

subtle charraceful arule breath of the keen east wind

It is char; it looks all purity and spirituality; it

seeh life like

a rose leaf floating upon a placid stream It is precious to look at,