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Chapter 33

           

           MissSallyBrass,then,wasaladyofthirty-fiveorthereabouts,ofagauntandbonyfigure,andaresolutebearing,whichifitrepressedthesofteremotionsoflove,andkeptadmirersatadistance,certainlyinspiredafeelingakintoaweinthebreastsofthosemalestrangerswhohadthehappinesstoapproachher.Infacesheboreastrikingresemblancetoherbrother,Sampsonsoexact,indeed,wasthelikenessbetweenthem,thathaditconsortedwithMissBrass’smaidenmodestyandgentlewomanhoodtohaveassumedherbrother’sclothesinafrolicandsatdownbesidehim,itwouldhavebeendifficultfortheoldestfriendofthefamilytodeterminewhichwasSampsonandwhichSally,especiallyastheladycarrieduponherupperlipcertainreddishdemonstrations,which,iftheimaginationhadbeenassistedbyherattire,mighthavebeenmistakenforabeard.Thesewere,however,inallprobability,nothingmorethaneyelashesinawrongplace,astheeyesofMissBrasswerequitefreefromanysuchnaturalimpertinencies.IncomplexionMissBrasswassallowratheradirtysallow,sotospeakbutthishuewasagreeablyrelievedbythehealthyglowwhichmantledintheextremetipofherlaughingnose.Hervoicewasexceedinglyimpressivedeepandrichinquality,and,onceheard,noteasilyforgotten.Herusualdresswasagreengown,incolournotunlikethecurtainoftheofficewindow,madetighttothefigure,andterminatingatthethroat,whereitwasfastenedbehindbyapeculiarlylargeandmassivebutton.

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