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I shall not endeavour, then, to picture her features to you in any nicely picked words. Her chief charm was that she was Margaret. I SHALL NOT ENDEAVOUR THEN TO PICTURE HER FEATURES TO YOU IN ANY NICELY PICKED WORDS HER CHIEF CHARM WAS THAT SHE WAS MARGARET
 one has a right to his own taste. I knew Margaret. I admired her. And if in some unguarded moment I may have carried my admiration to the point of indiscretion, her husband most assuredly knows all about it, by this, and he and I are still the best of friends. So you perceive that if I ever did so far forget myself it could scarcely have amounted to a hanging matter. I am doubly sure that Margaret Hugonin was beautiful, for the reason that I have never found a woman under forty-five who shared my opinion. If you clap a Testament into my hand, I cannot affirm that women are eager to recognise beauty in one another; at the utmost they concede that this or that particular feature is well enough. But when a woman is clean-eyed and straight-limbed, and has a cheery heart, she really cannot help being beautiful; and when Nature accords her a sufficiency of dimples and an infectious laugh, I protest she is well-nigh irresistible. And all these Margaret Hugonin had. And surely that is enough. DISSENTIENT WORLD EVERY ONE HAS A RIGHT TO HIS OWN TASTE I KNEW MARGARET I ADMIRED HER AND IF IN SOME UNGUARDED MOMENT I MAY HAVE CARRIED MY ADMIRATION TO THE POINT OF INDISCRETION HER HUSBAND MOST ASSUREDLY KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT BY THIS AND HE AND I ARE STILL THE BEST OF FRIENDS SO YOU PERCEIVE THAT IF I EVER DID SO FAR FORGET MYSELF IT COULD SCARCELY HAVE AMOUNTED TO A HANGING MATTER I AM DOUBLY SURE THAT MARGARET HUGONEN WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR THE REASON THAT I HAVE NEVER FOUND A WOMAN UNDER FORTY FIVE WHO SHARED MY OPINION IF YOU CLAP A TESTAMENT INTO MY HAND I CANNOT AFFIRM THAT WOMEN ARE EAGER TO RECOGNIZE BEAUTY IN ONE ANOTHER AT THE UTMOST THEY CONCEDE THAT THIS OR THAT PARTICULAR FEATURE IS WELL ENOUGH BUT WHEN A WOMAN IS CLEAN EYED AND STRAIGHT LIMBED AND HAS A CHEERY HEART SHE REALLY CANNOT HELP BEING BEAUTIFUL AND WHEN NATURE ACCORDS HER A SUFFICIENCY OF DIMPLES AND AN INFECTIOUS LAUGH I PROTEST SHE IS WELL NIGH IRRESISTIBLE IN ALL THESE MARGARET HUGON HAD AND SURELY THAT IS ENOUGH
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