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Item, she had blue eyes; and when she talked with you, her head drooped forward a little. ITEM SHE HAD BLUE EYES AND WHEN SHE TALKED WITH YOU HER HEAD DROOPED FORWARD A LITTLE
ell 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. I shall not endeavour, then, to picture her features to you in any nicely picked words. Her chief charm was that she was Margaret. And besides that, mere carnal vanities are trivial things; a gray eye or so is not in the least to the purpose. Yet since it is the immemorial custom of writer-folk to inventory such possessions of their heroines, here you have a catalogue of her personal attractions. Launce's method will serve our turn. Imprimis, there was not very much of her--five feet three, at the most; and hers was the well-groomed modern type that implies a grandfather or two and is in every respect the antithesis of that hulking Venus of the Louvre whom people pretend to admire.  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 I SHALL NOT ENDEAVOUR THEN TO PICTURE HER FEATURES TO YOU IN ANY NICELY PICKED WORDS HER CHIEF CHARM WAS THAT SHE WAS MARGARET AND BESIDES THAT MERE CARNAL VANITIES ARE TRIVIAL THINGS A GREY EYE OR SO IS NOT IN THE LEAST TO THE PURPOSE YET SINCE IT IS THE IMMEMORIAL CUSTOM OF WRITER FOLK TO INVENTORY SUCH POSSESSIONS OF THEIR HEROINES HERE YOU HAVE A CATALOGUE OF HER PERSONAL ATTRACTIONS LAUNCE'S METHOD WILL SERVE OUR TURN IMPRIMIS THERE WAS NOT VERY MUCH OF HER FIVE FEET THREE AT THE MOST AND HERS WAS THE WELL GROOMED MODERN TYPE THAT IMPLIES A GRANDFATHER OR TWO AND IS IN VERY RESPECT THE ANTITHESIS OF THAT HULKING VENUS OF THE LOVE WHOM PEOPLE PRETEND TO ADMIRE
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