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Let us, then, leave Miss Hugonin to this innocent diversion. LET US THEN LEAVE MISS YAN TO THIS INNOCENT DIVERSION
onderous masses of hair. It clung about her, a heavy cloak, all shimmering gold like the path of sunset over the June sea. And Margaret, looking at herself in the mirror, laughed, and appeared perfectly content with what she saw there. "But," said she, "if the Fates are kind to me--and I sometimes think I _have_ a pull with the gods--I'll make you happy, Billy Woods, in spite of yourself." The mirror flashed back a smile. Margaret was strangely interested in the mirror. "She has ringlets in her hair," sang Margaret happily--a low, half-hushed little song. She held up a strand of it to demonstrate this fact. "There's a dimple in her chin"--and, indeed, there was. And a dimple in either cheek, too. For a long time afterward she continued to smile at the mirror. I am afraid Kathleen Saumarez was right. She was a vain little cat, was Margaret. But, barring a rearrangement of the cosmic scheme, I dare say maids will continue to delight in their own comeliness so long as mirrors speak truth. ECTABLE WEDGE BETWEEN BIG ODOURFUL CRINKLY PONDEROUS MASSES OF AIR IT CLUNG ABOUT HER A HEAVY CLOAK ALL SHIMMERING GOLD LIKE THE PATH OF SUNSET OVER THE JUNE SEA AND MARGARET LOOKING AT HERSELF IN THE MIRROR LAUGHED AND APPEARED PERFECTLY CONTENT WITH WHAT SHE SAW THERE BUT SAID SHE IF THE FATES WERE KIND TO ME AND I SOMETIMES THINK I HAVE A PULL WITH THE GODS I'LL MAKE YOU HAPPY BILLY WOODS IN SPITE OF YOURSELF THE MIRROR FLASHED BACK A SMILE MARGARET WAS STRANGELY INTERESTED IN THE MIRROR SHE HAS RINGLETS IN HER HAIR SAYING MARGARET HAPPILY A LOW HALF HUSHED LITTLE SONG SHE HELD UP A STRAND OF IT TO DEMONSTRATE THIS FACT THERE'S A DIMPLE IN HER CHIN AND INDEED THERE WAS AND A DIMPLE IN EITHER CHEEK TOO FOR A LONG TIME AFTERWARD SHE CONTINUED TO SMILE AT THE MIRROR I AM AFRAID KATHLEEN SOMBRES WAS RIGHT SHE WAS A VAIN LITTLE CAT WAS MARGARET BUT BARRING A REARRANGEMENT OF THE COSMIC SCHEME I DARE SAY MAIDS WILL CONTINUE TO DELIGHT IN THEIR OWN COMELINESS SO LONG AS MIRRORS SPEAK TRUTH
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