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Chapter XVII

           ShehadRomanfeaturesandadoublechin,disappearingintoathroatlikeapillar:thesefeaturesappearedtomenotonlyinflatedanddarkened,butevenfurrowedwithpride;andthechinwassustainedbythesameprinciple,inapositionofalmostpreternaturalerectness. Shehad,likewise,afierceandahardeye:itremindedmeofMrs.Reed’s; shemouthedherwordsinspeaking;hervoicewasdeep,itsinflectionsverypompous,verydogmatical,veryintolerable,inshort. Acrimsonvelvetrobe,andashawlturbanofsomegold-wroughtIndianfabric,investedher(Isupposeshethought)withatrulyimperialdignity. 

           BlancheandMarywereofequalstature,straightandtallaspoplars. Marywastooslimforherheight,butBlanchewasmouldedlikeaDian. Iregardedher,ofcourse,withspecialinterest. First,IwishedtoseewhetherherappearanceaccordedwithMrs.Fairfax’sdescription;secondly,whetheritatallresembledthefancyminiatureIhadpaintedofher;andthirdlyitwillout!whetheritweresuchasIshouldfancylikelytosuitMr.Rochester’staste. 

           Asfaraspersonwent,sheansweredpointforpoint,bothtomypictureandMrs.Fairfax’sdescription.Thenoblebust,theslopingshoulders,thegracefulneck,thedarkeyesandblackringletswereallthere;butherface? Herfacewaslikehermother’s;ayouthfulunfurrowedlikeness:thesamelowbrow,thesamehighfeatures,thesamepride. 

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