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The perfection of household care, of high polish and finish, always reigned in her rooms, but they now looked most as if everything had been wound up, tucked in, put away, so that she might sit with folded hands and with nothing more to do. THE PERFECTION OF HOUSEHOLD CARE OF HIGH POLISH AND FINISH ALWAYS RAINED IN HER ROOMS BUT THEY NOW LOOKED MOST AS IF EVERYTHING HAD BEEN WOUND UP TUCKED IN PUT AWAY SO THAT SHE MIGHT SIT WITH FOLDED HANDS AND WITH NOTHING MORE TO DO
he first time in the year, without a fire; a fact that, to Marcher's sense, gave the scene of which she formed part a smooth and ultimate look, an air of knowing, in its immaculate order and cold meaningless cheer, that it would never see a fire again. Her own aspect--he could scarce have said why--intensified this note. Almost as white as wax, with the marks and signs in her face as numerous and as fine as if they had been etched by a needle, with soft white draperies relieved by a faded green scarf on the delicate tone of which the years had further refined, she was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx, whose head, or indeed all whose person, might have been powdered with silver. She was a sphinx, yet with her white petals and green fronds she might have been a lily too--only an artificial lily, wonderfully imitated and constantly kept, without dust or stain, though not exempt from a slight droop and a complexity of faint creases, under some clear glass bell. AND MAY BARTRAM SAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR WITHOUT A FIRE A FACT THAT TO MARCH HER SENSE GAVE THE SCENE OF WHICH SHE FORMED PART A SMOOTH AND ULTIMATE LOOK AN AIR OF KNOWING IN ITS IMMACULATE ORDER AND COLD MEANINGLESS CHEER THAT IT WOULD NEVER SEE A FIRE AGAIN HER OWN ASPECT HE COULD SCARCE HAVE SAID WHY INTENSIFIED THIS NOTE ALMOST AS WHITE AS WAX WITH THE MARKS AND SIGNS IN HER FACE AS NUMEROUS AND AS FINE AS IF THEY HAD BEEN ETCHED BY A NEEDLE WITH SOFT WHITE DRAPERIES RELIEVED BY A FADED GREEN SCARF ON THE DELICATE TONE OF WHICH THE YEARS HAD FURTHER REFINED SHE WAS THE PICTURE OF A SERENE AND EXQUISITE BUT IMPENETRABLE SPHINX WHOSE HEAD OR INDEED ALL WHOSE PERSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN POWDERED WITH SILVER SHE WAS A SPHINX YET WITH HER WHITE PETALS AND GREEN FRONDS SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LILY TOO ONLY AN ARTIFICIAL LILY WONDERFULLY IMITATED AND CONSTANTLY KEPT WITHOUT DUST OR STAIN THOUGH NOT EXEMPT FROM A SLIGHT DROOP AND A COMPLEXITY OF FAINT CREASES UNDER SOME CLEAR GLASS BELL
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