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Chapter XXXI

           Nocharmwaswanting,nodefectwasperceptible; theyounggirlhadregularanddelicatelineaments;eyesshapedandcolouredasweseetheminlovelypictures,large,anddark,andfull;thelongandshadowyeyelashwhichencirclesafineeyewithsosoftafascination;thepencilledbrowwhichgivessuchclearness;thewhitesmoothforehead,whichaddssuchreposetothelivelierbeautiesoftintandray;thecheekoval,fresh,andsmooth;thelips,freshtoo,ruddy,healthy,sweetlyformed;theevenandgleamingteethwithoutflaw;thesmalldimpledchin;theornamentofrich,plenteoustressesalladvantages,inshort,which,combined,realisetheidealofbeauty,werefullyhers. Iwondered,asIlookedatthisfaircreature:Iadmiredherwithmywholeheart. Naturehadsurelyformedherinapartialmood;and,forgettingherusualstintedstep-motherdoleofgifts,hadendowedthis,herdarling,withagrand-dame’sbounty. 

           WhatdidSt.JohnRiversthinkofthisearthlyangel?InaturallyaskedmyselfthatquestionasIsawhimturntoherandlookather;and,asnaturally,Isoughttheanswertotheinquiryinhiscountenance. HehadalreadywithdrawnhiseyefromthePeri,andwaslookingatahumbletuftofdaisieswhichgrewbythewicket. 

           "Alovelyevening,butlateforyoutobeoutalone,"hesaid,ashecrushedthesnowyheadsoftheclosedflowerswithhisfoot. 

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