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They were appropriately coloured  the apple blushing red, the grapes an inky black, emerald green leaves were scattered here and there to lend finish, and the whole was mounted on an ebonised stand covered with black velvet, and protected from dust and dirt by a beautiful glass cover bordered with red plush. THEY WERE APPROPRIATELY COLOURED THE APPLE BLUSHING RED THE GRAPES AN INKY BLACK EMERALD GREEN LEAVES WERE SCATTERED HERE AND THERE TO LEND FINISH AND THE WHOLE WAS MOUNTED ON AN EBONISED STAND COVERED WITH BLACK VELVET AND PROTECTED FROM DUST AND DIRT BY A BEAUTIFUL GLASS COVER BORDERED WITH RED PLUSH
 them, but very white and showing distinctly the interlacement of blue veins: she did not notice that her hands were rough, and red and dirty with the nails broken, and bitten to the quick. She got out of bed and looked at herself in the glass over the mantelpiece: with one hand she brushed back her hair and smiled at herself; her face was very small and thin, but the complexion was nice, clear and white, with a delicate tint of red on the cheeks, and her eyes were big and dark like her hair. She felt very happy. She did not want to dress yet, but rather to sit down and think, so she twisted up her hair into a little knot, slipped a skirt over her nightdress, and sat on a chair near the window and began looking around. The decorations of the room had been centred on the mantelpiece; the chief ornament consisted of a pear and an apple, a pineapple, a bunch of grapes, and several fat plums, all very beautifully done in wax, as was the fashion about the middle of this most glorious reign. BONE WITH NOT A MUSCLE ON THEM BUT VERY WHITE AND SHOWING DISTINCTLY THE INTERLACEMENT OF BLUE VEINS SHE DID NOT NOTICE THAT HER HANDS WERE ROUGH AND RED AND DIRTY WITH THE NAILS BROKEN AND BITTEN TO THE QUICK SHE GOT OUT OF BED AND LOOKED AT HERSELF IN THE GLASS OVER THE MANTELPIECE WITH ONE HAND SHE BRUSHED BACK HER HAIR AND SMILED AT HERSELF HER FACE WAS VERY SMALL AND THIN BUT THE COMPLEXION WAS NICE CLEAR AND WHITE WITH A DELICATE TINT OF RED ON THE CHEEKS AND HER EYES WERE BIG AND DARK LIKE HER HAIR SHE FELT VERY HAPPY SHE DID NOT WANT TO DRESS YET BUT RATHER TO SIT DOWN AND THINK SO SHE TWISTED UP HER HAIR INTO A LITTLE KNOT SLIPPED A SKIRT OVER HER NIGHTDRESS AND SAT ON A CHAIR NEAR THE WINDOW AND BEGAN LOOKING ROUND THE DECORATIONS OF THE ROOM HAD BEEN CENTERED ON THE MANTELPIECE THE CHIEF ORNAMENT CONSISTED OF A PEAR AND AN APPLE A PINE APPLE A BUNCH OF GRAPES AND SEVERAL FAT PLUMS ALL VERY BEAUTIFULLY DONE IN WAX AS WAS THE FASHION ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THIS MOST GLORIOUS RAIN
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