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There you have the best description of Margaret Hugonin that I am capable of giving you. No one realises its glaring inadequacy more acutely than I. THERE YOU HAVE THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF MARGARET HUGANA THAT I AM CAPABLE OF GIVING YOU NO ONE REALIZES ITS GLARING INADEQUACY MORE ACUTELY THAN I
neck in great coils that were held in place by a multitude of little golden hair-pins and divers corpulent tortoise-shell ones. Item, her nose was a tiny miracle of perfection; and this was noteworthy, for you will observe that Nature, who is an adept at eyes and hair and mouths, very rarely achieves a creditable nose. Item, she had a mouth; and if you are a Gradgrindian with a taste for hairsplitting, I cannot swear that it was a particularly small mouth. The lips were rather full than otherwise; one saw in them potentialities of heroic passion, and tenderness, and generosity, and, if you will, temper. No, her mouth was not in the least like the pink shoe-button of romance and sugared portraiture; it was manifestly designed less for simpering out of a gilt frame or the dribbling of stock phrases over three hundred pages than for gibes and laughter and cheery gossip and honest, unromantic eating, as well as another purpose, which, as a highly dangerous topic, I decline even to mention. E WORE IT LOW DOWN HER NECK IN GREAT COILS THAT WERE HELD IN PLACE BY A MULTITUDE OF LITTLE GOLDEN HAIRPINS AND DIVERSE CORPULENT TORTOISE SHELL ONES ITEM HER NOSE WAS A TINY MIRACLE OF PERFECTION AND THIS WAS NOTEWORTHY FOR YOU WILL OBSERVE THAT NATURE WHO IS AN ADEPT AT EYES AND HAIRS AND MOUTHS VERY RARELY ACHIEVES A CREDITABLE NOSE ITEM SHE HAD A MOUTH AND IF YOU ARE A GRAD GRINDIAN WITH A TASTE FOR HAIR SPLITTING I CANNOT SWEAR THAT IT WAS A PARTICULARLY SMALL MOUTH THE LIPS WERE RATHER FULL THAN OTHERWISE ONE SAW IN THEM POTENTIALITIES OF HEROIC PASSION AND TENDERNESS AND GENEROSITY AND IF YOU WILL TEMPER NO HER MOUTH WAS NOT IN THE LEAST LIKE THE PINK SHOE BUTTON OF ROMANCE AND SUGARED PORTRAITURE IT WAS MANIFESTLY DESIGNED LESS FOR SIMPERING OUT OF A GILT FRAME OR THE DRIBBLING OF STALK PHRASES OVER THREE HUNDRED PAGES THAN FOR JIBES AND LAUGHTER AND CHEERY GOSSIP AND HONEST UNROMANTIC EATING AS WELL AS ANOTHER PURPOSE WHICH AS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS TOPIC I DECLINE EVEN TO MENTION
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