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Chapter 3

           Shewouldperhapsbehardlycharacterizedenoughifitwereomittedthatsheworeherbrownhairflatlybraidedandcoiledbehindsoastoexposetheoutlineofherheadinadaringmanneratatimewhenpublicfeelingrequiredthemeagrenessofnaturetobedissimulatedbytallbarricadesoffrizzedcurlsandbows,neversurpassedbyanygreatraceexcepttheFeejeean.ThiswasatraitofMissBrooke’sasceticism.Buttherewasnothingofanascetic’sexpressioninherbrightfulleyes,asshelookedbeforeher,notconsciouslyseeing,butabsorbingintotheintensityofhermood,thesolemngloryoftheafternoonwithitslongswathesoflightbetweenthefar-offrowsoflimes,whoseshadowstouchedeachother.

           Allpeople,youngorold(thatis,allpeopleinthoseante-reformtimes),wouldhavethoughtheraninterestingobjectiftheyhadreferredtheglowinhereyesandcheekstothenewlyawakenedordinaryimagesofyounglove:theillusionsofChloeaboutStrephonhavebeensufficientlyconsecratedinpoetry,asthepatheticlovelinessofallspontaneoustrustoughttobe.MissPippinadoringyoungPumpkin,anddreamingalongendlessvistasofunwearyingcompanionship,wasalittledramawhichnevertiredourfathersandmothers,andhadbeenputintoallcostumes.

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