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Chapter XVII

           Ofherdaughters,theeldest,Amy,wasratherlittle:naive,andchild-likeinfaceandmanner,andpiquantinform;herwhitemuslindressandbluesashbecameherwell. Thesecond,Louisa,wastallerandmoreelegantinfigure;withaveryprettyface,ofthatordertheFrenchtermminoischiffone:bothsisterswerefairaslilies. 

           LadyLynnwasalargeandstoutpersonageofaboutforty,veryerect,veryhaughty-looking,richlydressedinasatinrobeofchangefulsheen: herdarkhairshoneglossilyundertheshadeofanazureplume,andwithinthecircletofabandofgems. 

           Mrs.ColonelDentwaslessshowy;but,Ithought,morelady-like. Shehadaslightfigure,apale,gentleface,andfairhair. Herblacksatindress,herscarfofrichforeignlace,andherpearlornaments,pleasedmebetterthantherainbowradianceofthetitleddame. 

           Butthethreemostdistinguishedpartly,perhaps,becausethetallestfiguresofthebandweretheDowagerLadyIngramandherdaughters,BlancheandMary. Theywereallthreeoftheloftieststatureofwomen. TheDowagermightbebetweenfortyandfifty:hershapewasstillfine;herhair(bycandle-lightatleast)stillblack;herteeth,too,werestillapparentlyperfect. Mostpeoplewouldhavetermedherasplendidwomanofherage:andsoshewas,nodoubt,physicallyspeaking; butthentherewasanexpressionofalmostinsupportablehaughtinessinherbearingandcountenance. 

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