Возвращение на родину

VII. Queen of Night

           

           Shehadpaganeyes,fullofnocturnalmysteries,andtheirlight,asitcameandwent,andcameagain,waspartiallyhamperedbytheiroppressivelidsandlashes;andofthesetheunderlidwasmuchfullerthanitusuallyiswithEnglishwomen.Thisenabledhertoindulgeinreveriewithoutseemingtodoso—shemighthavebeenbelievedcapableofsleepingwithoutclosingthemup.Assumingthatthesoulsofmenandwomenwerevisibleessences,youcouldfancythecolourofEustacia’ssoultobeflamelike.Thesparksfromitthatroseintoherdarkpupilsgavethesameimpression.

           Themouthseemedformedlesstospeakthantoquiver,lesstoquiverthantokiss.Somemighthaveadded,lesstokissthantocurl.Viewedsideways,theclosing-lineofherlipsformed,withalmostgeometricprecision,thecurvesowellknownintheartsofdesignasthecima-recta,orogee.ThesightofsuchaflexiblebendasthatongrimEgdonwasquiteanapparition.ItwasfeltatoncethatthemouthdidnotcomeoverfromSleswigwithabandofSaxonpirateswhoselipsmetlikethetwohalvesofamuffin.Onehadfanciedthatsuchlip-curvesweremostlylurkingundergroundintheSouthasfragmentsofforgottenmarbles.Sofinewerethelinesofherlipsthat,thoughfull,eachcornerofhermouthwasasclearlycutasthepointofaspear.Thiskeennessofcornerwasonlybluntedwhenshewasgivenovertosuddenfitsofgloom,oneofthephasesofthenight-sideofsentimentwhichsheknewtoowellforheryears.

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