Chapter XLIX

           

           IlivedattheHoteldelaFleur,andMrs.Johnson,theproprietress,hadasadstorytotelloflostopportunity.AfterStrickland’sdeathcertainofhiseffectsweresoldbyauctioninthemarket-placeatPapeete,andshewenttoitherselfbecausetherewasamongthetruckanAmericanstoveshewanted.Shepaidtwenty-sevenfrancsforit.

           "Therewereadozenpictures,"shetoldme,"buttheywereunframed,andnobodywantedthem.Someofthemsoldforasmuchastenfrancs,butmostlytheywentforfiveorsix.Justthink,ifIhadboughtthemIshouldbearichwomannow."

           ButTiareJohnsonwouldneverunderanycircumstanceshavebeenrich.Shecouldnotkeepmoney.ThedaughterofanativeandanEnglishsea-captainsettledinTahiti,whenIknewhershewasawomanoffifty,wholookedolder,andofenormousproportions.Tallandextremelystout,shewouldhavebeenofimposingpresenceifthegreatgood-natureofherfacehadnotmadeitimpossibleforhertoexpressanythingbutkindliness.Herarmswerelikelegsofmutton,herbreastslikegiantcabbages;herface,broadandfleshy,gaveyouanimpressionofalmostindecentnakedness,andvastchinsucceededtovastchin.Idonotknowhowmanyofthemtherewere.Theyfellawayvoluminouslyintothecapaciousnessofherbosom.ShewasdressedusuallyinapinkMotherHubbard,andsheworealldaylongalargestrawhat.Butwhensheletdownherhair,whichshedidnowandthen,forshewasvainofit,yousawthatitwaslonganddarkandcurly;andhereyeshadremainedyoungandvivacious.

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