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Altogether she was decidedly chic; and if a little incongruous in her surroundings, such incongruity only made her the more alluring; and as far as Henri was concerned rather added to her charms. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS DECIDEDLY SHICK AND IF A LITTLE INCONGRUOUS IN HER SURROUNDINGS SUCH INCONGRUITY ONLY MADE HER THE MORE ALLURING AND AS FAR AS HENRI WAS CONCERNED RATHER ADDED TO HER CHARMS
venge that he at length resolved to visit Mère Maxim and solicit her assistance. Choosing a morning when the sun was shining brightly, he screwed up his courage, and after many bad scares finally succeeded in reaching her dwelling--or, I might say, her shanty, for by a more appropriate term than the latter such a queer-looking untidy habitation could not be described. To his astonishment Mère Maxim was by no means so unprepossessing as he had imagined. On the contrary, she was more than passably good-looking, with black hair, rosy cheeks, and exceedingly white teeth. What he did not altogether like were her eyes--which, though large and well shaped, had in them an occasional glitter--and her hands, which, though remarkably white and slender, had very long and curved nails, that to his mind suggested all sorts of unpleasant ideas. She was becomingly dressed in brown--brown woolly garments, with a brown fur cap, brown stockings, and brown shoes ornamented with very bright silver buckles. SE WAS HIS LONGINGS FOR REVENGE THAT HE AT LENGTH RESOLVED TO VISIT MAYOR MAXIM AND SOLICIT HER ASSISTANCE CHOOSING A MORNING WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHTLY HE SCREWED UP HIS COURAGE AND AFTER MANY BAD SCARES FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN REACHING HER DWELLING OR I MIGHT SAY HER SHANTY FOR BY A MORE APPROPRIATE TERM THAN THE LATTER SUCH A QUEER LOOKING UNTIDY HABITATION COULD NOT BE DESCRIBED TO HIS ASTONISHMENT MAYOR MAXIM WAS BY NO MEANS SO UNPREPOSSESSING AS HE HAD IMAGINED ON THE CONTRARY SHE WAS MORE THAN PASSABLY GOOD LOOKING WITH BLACK HAIR ROSY CHEEKS AND EXCEEDINGLY WHITE TEETH WHAT HE DID NOT ALTOGETHER LIKE WERE HER EYES WHICH THOUGH LARGE AND WELL SHAPED HAD IN THEM AN OCCASIONAL GLITTER AND HER HANDS WHICH THOUGH REMARKABLY WHITE AND SLENDER HAD VERY LONG AND CURVED NAILS THAT TO HIS MIND SUGGESTED ALL SORTS OF UNPLEASANT IDEAS SHE WAS BECOMINGLY DRESSED IN BROWN BROWN WOOLLY GARMENTS WITH A BROWN FUR CAP BROWN STOCKINGS AND BROWN SHOES ORNAMENTED WITH VERY BRIGHT SILVER BUCKLES
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