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Chapter 5

           Buttherewasnothingelsetodobutwearit.Afterallshewasnotashamedofherneckandarmsandbosom,evenifitwasnotcorrecttoshowtheminthemorning.

           Asshestoodbeforethemirrorandtwistedherselfabouttogetasideview,shethoughtthattherewasabsolutelynothingaboutherfiguretocausehershame.Herneckwasshortbutroundedandherarmsplumpandenticing.Herbreasts,pushedhighbyherstays,wereverynicebreasts.Shehadneverhadtosewtinyrowsofsilkrufflesintheliningofherbasques,asmostsixteen-year-oldgirlsdid,togivetheirfiguresthedesiredcurvesandfullness.ShewasgladshehadinheritedEllen’sslenderwhitehandsandtinyfeet,andshewishedshehadEllen’sheight,too,butherownheightpleasedherverywell.Whatapitylegscouldnotbeshown,shethought,pullingupherpetticoatsandregretfullyviewingthem,plumpandneatunderpantalets.Shehadsuchnicelegs.EventhegirlsattheFayettevilleAcademyhadadmittedasmuch.AndasforherwaisttherewasnooneinFayetteville,Jonesboroorinthreecounties,forthatmatter,whohadsosmallawaist.

           Thethoughtofherwaistbroughtherbacktopracticalmatters.Thegreenmuslinmeasuredseventeeninchesaboutthewaist,andMammyhadlacedherfortheeighteen-inchbombazine.Mammywouldhavetolacehertighter.Shepushedopenthedoor,listenedandheardMammy’sheavytreadinthedownstairshall.Sheshoutedforherimpatiently,knowingshecouldraisehervoicewithimpunity,asEllenwasinthesmokehouse,measuringouttheday’sfoodtoCookie.

           "SomefolksthinksashowAhkinfly,"grumbledMammy,shufflingupthestairs.Sheenteredpuffing,withtheexpressionofonewhoexpectsbattleandwelcomesit.

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