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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 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
mornings, or Liza would not have been allowed to go on sleeping as she did. When she woke, she rubbed her eyes to gather her senses together and gradually she remembered having gone to the theatre on the previous evening; then suddenly everything came back to her. She stretched out her legs and gave a long sigh of delight. Her heart was full; she thought of Jim, and the delicious sensation of love came over her. Closing her eyes, she imagined his warm kisses, and she lifted up her arms as if to put them round his neck and draw him down to her; she almost felt the rough beard on her face, and the strong heavy arms round her body. She smiled to herself and took a long breath; then, slipping back the sleeves of her nightdress, she looked at her own thin arms, just two pieces of 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. VILY ON SUNDAY MORNINGS ELIZA WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON SLEEPING AS SHE DID WHEN SHE WOKE SHE RUBBED HER EYES TO GATHER HER SENSES TOGETHER AND GRADUALLY SHE REMEMBERED HAVING GONE TO THE THEATRE ON THE PREVIOUS EVENING THEN SUDDENLY EVERYTHING CAME BACK TO HER SHE STRETCHED OUT HER LEGS AND GAVE A LONG SIGH OF DELIGHT HER HEART WAS FULL SHE THOUGHT OF JIM AND THE DELICIOUS SENSATION OF LOVE CAME OVER HER CLOSING HER EYES SHE IMAGINED HIS WARM KISSES AND SHE LIFTED UP HER ARMS AS IF TO PUT THEM ROUND HIS NECK AND DRAW HIM DOWN TO HER SHE ALMOST FELT THE ROUGH BEARD ON HER FACE AND THE STRONG HEAVY ARMS ROUND HER BODY SHE SMILED TO HERSELF AND TOOK A LONG DEEP BREATH THEN SLIPPING BACK THE SHEETS OF HER NIGHT DRESS SHE LOOKED DOWN AT HER OWN THIN ARMS JUST TWO PIECES OF 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
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