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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. 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
n rose from the divan with a gesture of sweeping back her hair. And then--oh, treachery of tortoise-shell! oh, the villainy of those little gold hair-pins!--the fat twisted coils tumbled loose and slowly unravelled themselves, and her pink-and-white face, half-eclipsed, showed a delectable wedge between big, odourful, crinkly, ponderous 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. TTER TILL HE GETS WELL AND I WON'T BUT MISS HYGONY ROSE FROM THE DIVAN WITH A GESTURE OF SWEEPING BACK HER HAIR AND THEN OH TREACHERY OF TORTOISE SHELL OH THE VILLANY OF THOSE LITTLE GOLD HAIRPINS THE FAT TWISTED COILS TUMBLED LOOSE AND SLOWLY UNRAVELLED THEMSELVES AND HER PINK AND WHITE FACE HALF ECLIPSED SHOWED A DELECTABLE 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
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