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Chapter XXI

           Therewassomethingasceticinherlook,whichwasaugmentedbytheextremeplainnessofastraight-skirted,black,stuffdress,astarchedlinencollar,haircombedawayfromthetemples,andthenun-likeornamentofastringofebonybeadsandacrucifix. ThisIfeltsurewasEliza,thoughIcouldtracelittleresemblancetoherformerselfinthatelongatedandcolourlessvisage. 

           TheotherwasascertainlyGeorgiana:butnottheGeorgianaIremembered—theslimandfairy-likegirlofeleven. Thiswasafull-blown,veryplumpdamsel,fairaswaxwork,withhandsomeandregularfeatures,languishingblueeyes,andringletedyellowhair. Thehueofherdresswasblacktoo;butitsfashionwassodifferentfromhersister’s—somuchmoreflowingandbecoming—itlookedasstylishastheother’slookedpuritanical. 

           Ineachofthesisterstherewasonetraitofthemother—andonlyone;thethinandpallidelderdaughterhadherparent’sCairngormeye:thebloomingandluxuriantyoungergirlhadhercontourofjawandchin—perhapsalittlesoftened,butstillimpartinganindescribablehardnesstothecountenanceotherwisesovoluptuousandbuxom. 

           Bothladies,asIadvanced,rosetowelcomeme,andbothaddressedmebythenameof"MissEyre." Eliza’sgreetingwasdeliveredinashort,abruptvoice,withoutasmile;andthenshesatdownagain,fixedhereyesonthefire,andseemedtoforgetme. 

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