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And then let me suggest the remedies and alterations which can improve her. AND THEN LET ME SUGGEST THE REMEDIES AND ALTERATIONS WHICH CAN IMPROVE HER
st reached me. You say it is more like you than the only photograph I possess of you, taken when you were fifteen; and it is because of your assuring me of this that I cannot remain silent--for, Caroline child, I must confess it shocks and disconcerts me, and makes me feel that I must be very frank with you, if you are ever going to be able to attain that position which we both hope that you may. Even if the drawing was perhaps done some months ago, and you have altered your style of hair-dressing since then--still, that you were ever able to have looked like that--you in Paris!--proves that your observation and taste are not yet sufficiently cultivated to make you anything of a success when you come out in May. Thus I must speak plainly and at once. Now, let us pretend that the little girl I see before me is not you at all, but some abstract person; and let us dissect her bit by bit: her type, her style, her suitability--or want of it--her attitude and the general effect she produces. AS DRAWN BY A FRIEND HAS JUST REACHED ME YOU SAY IT IS MORE LIKE YOU THAN THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPH I POSSESS OF YOU TAKEN WHEN YOU WERE FIFTEEN AND IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR ASSURING ME OF THIS THAT I CANNOT REMAIN SILENT FOR CAROLINE CHILD I MUST CONFESS IT SHOCKS AND DISCONCERTS ME AND MAKES ME FEEL THAT I MUST BE VERY FRANK WITH YOU IF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTAIN THAT POSITION WHICH WE BOTH HOPE THAT YOU MAY EVEN IF THE DRAWING WAS PERHAPS DONE SOME MONTHS AGO AND YOU HAVE ALTERED YOUR STYLE OF HAIRDRESSING SINCE THEN STILL THAT YOU WERE EVER ABLE TO HAVE LOOKED LIKE THAT YOU IN PARIS PROVES THAT YOUR OBSERVATION AND TASTE ARE NOT YET SUFFICIENTLY CULTIVATED TO MAKE YOU ANYTHING OF A SUCCESS WHEN YOU COME OUT IN MAY THUS I MUST SPEAK PLAINLY AND AT ONCE NOW LET US PRETEND THAT THE LITTLE GIRL I SEE BEFORE ME IS NOT YOU AT ALL BUT SOME ABSTRACT PERSON AND LET US DISSECT HER BIT BY BIT HER TYPE HER STYLE HER SUITABILITY OR WANT OF IT HER ATTITUDE AND THE GENERAL EFFECT SHE PRODUCES
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