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IX It was an hour or two later when the moon, drifting tardily up from the south, found Miss Hugonin and Mr. Kennaston chatting amicably together in the court at Selwoode. They were discussing the deplorable tendencies of the modern drama. INE IT WAS AN HOUR OR TWO LATER WHEN THE MOON DRIFTING TARDILY UP FROM THE SOUTH FOUND MISS EUGON AND MISTER CANNASTON CHATTING AMICABLY TOGETHER IN THE COURT AT SELLWOOD THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE DEPLORABLE TENDENCIES OF THE MODERN DRAMA
rly. But the thing is beyond me. I leave such considerations, then, to Célestine, and resolve for the future rigorously to eschew all such gauds. Meanwhile, if an untutored masculine description will content you-- Margaret, I have on reliable feminine authority, was one of the very few blondes whose complexions can carry off reds and yellows. This particular gown--I remember it perfectly--was of a dim, dull yellow--flounciful (if I may coin a word), diaphanous, expansive. I have not the least notion what fabric composed it; but scattered about it, in unexpected places, were diamond-shaped red things that I am credibly informed are called medallions. The general effect of it may be briefly characterised as grateful to the eye and dangerous to the heart, and to a rational train of thought quite fatal. For it was cut low in the neck; and Margaret's neck and shoulders would have drawn madrigals from a bench of bishops. And in consequence, Billy Woods ate absolutely no dinner that evening.   CHAPTER NINE OF THE EAGLE'S SHADOW BY JAMES BRANCH CABELLE THIS LIVER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY JOHN M WILSON FOR BUREAU FORTY TWO DONATED TO LIBER BOX WITH HIS EXPRESS PERMISSION N
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