Miss Brooke

Chapter 1

           "SinceIcandonogoodbecauseawoman,Reachconstantlyatsomethingthatisnearit.—TheMaid’sTragedy:BEAUMONTANDFLETCHER.

           MissBrookehadthatkindofbeautywhichseemstobethrownintoreliefbypoordress.HerhandandwristweresofinelyformedthatshecouldwearsleevesnotlessbareofstylethanthoseinwhichtheBlessedVirginappearedtoItalianpainters;andherprofileaswellasherstatureandbearingseemedtogainthemoredignityfromherplaingarments,whichbythesideofprovincialfashiongavehertheimpressivenessofafinequotationfromtheBibleorfromoneofourelderpoetsinaparagraphofto-day’snewspaper.Shewasusuallyspokenofasbeingremarkablyclever,butwiththeadditionthathersisterCeliahadmorecommon-sense.Nevertheless,Celiaworescarcelymoretrimmings;anditwasonlytocloseobserversthatherdressdifferedfromhersister’s,andhadashadeofcoquetryinitsarrangements;forMissBrooke’splaindressingwasduetomixedconditions,inmostofwhichhersistershared.

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