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Chapter XI. The Persuasion Of Fashion: Feeling Guards O’er Its Own

           Itissoeasytodothiswhenthethingopinedisinthelineofwhatwedesire.Inhisheartyway,heinsisteduponhergoodlooks.Helookedatheradmiringly,andshetookitatitsfullvalue.Underthecircumstances,shedidnotneedtocarryherselfasprettywomendo.Shepickedthatknowledgeupfastenoughforherself.Drouethadahabit,characteristicofhiskind,oflookingafterstylishlydressedorprettywomenonthestreetandremarkinguponthem.Hehadjustenoughofthefeminineloveofdresstobeagoodjudge—notofintellect,butofclothes.Hesawhowtheysettheirlittlefeet,howtheycarriedtheirchins,withwhatgraceandsinuositytheyswungtheirbodies.Adainty,self-consciousswayingofthehipsbyawomanwastohimasalluringastheglintofrarewinetoatoper.Hewouldturnandfollowthedisappearingvisionwithhiseyes.Hewouldthrillasachildwiththeunhinderedpassionthatwasinhim.Helovedthethingthatwomenloveinthemselves,grace.Atthis,theirownshrine,hekneltwiththem,anardentdevotee.

           “Didyouseethatwomanwhowentbyjustnow?”hesaidtoCarrieonthefirstdaytheytookawalktogether.“Finestepper,wasn’tshe?”

           Carrielooked,andobservedthegracecommended.

           “Yes,sheis,”shereturned,cheerfully,alittlesuggestionofpossibledefectinherselfawakeninginhermind.Ifthatwassofine,shemustlookatitmoreclosely.Instinctively,shefeltadesiretoimitateit.Surelyshecoulddothattoo.

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