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She was enveloped in a loose dressing gown of blue and silver, but a black sequin covered dinner dress lay upon the couch beside her. SHE WAS ENVELOPED IN A LOOSE DRESSING GOWN OF BLUE AND SILVER BUT A BLACK SEQUIN COVERED DINGRESS LAY UPON THE COUCH BESIDE HER
 Kent--Lady Brackenstall is in the morning-room. Poor lady, she has had a most dreadful experience. She seemed half dead when I saw her first. I think you had best see her and hear her account of the facts. Then we will examine the dining-room together.' Lady Brackenstall was no ordinary person. Seldom have I seen so graceful a figure, so womanly a presence, and so beautiful a face. She was a blonde, golden-haired, blue-eyed, and would no doubt have had the perfect complexion which goes with such colouring, had not her recent experience left her drawn and haggard. Her sufferings were physical as well as mental, for over one eye rose a hideous, plum-coloured swelling, which her maid, a tall, austere woman, was bathing assiduously with vinegar and water. The lady lay back exhausted upon a couch, but her quick, observant gaze, as we entered the room, and the alert expression of her beautiful features, showed that neither her wits nor her courage had been shaken by her terrible experience. ACTLY ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN KENT LADY BRACKEN'S STALL IS IN THE MORNING ROOM POOR LADY SHE'S HAD A MOST DREADFUL EXPERIENCE SHE SEEMED HALF DEAD WHEN I SAW HER FIRST I THINK YOU'D BEST SEE HER AND HEAR HER ACCOUNT OF THE FACTS THEN WE WILL EXAMINE THE DINING ROOM TOGETHER LADY BRACKENSTALL WAS NO ORDINARY PERSON SELDOM HAVE I SEEN SO GRACEFUL A FIGURE SO WOMANLY A PRESENCE AND SO BEAUTIFUL A FACE SHE WAS A BLONDE GOLDEN HAIRED BLUE EYED AND WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE HAD THE PERFECT COMPLEXION WHICH GOES WITH SUCH COLOURING HAD NOT HER RECENT EXPERIENCE LEFT HER DRAWN AND HAGGARD HER SUFFERINGS WERE PHYSICAL AS WELL AS MENTAL FOR OVER ONE EYE ROSE A HIDEOUS PLUM COLOURED SWELLING WHICH HER MAID A TALL AUSTERE WOMAN WAS BATHING ASSIDUOUSLY WITH VINEGAR AND WATER THE LADY LAY BACK EXHAUSTED UPON A COUCH BUT HER QUICK OBSERVANT GAZE AS WE ENTERED THE ROOM AND THE ALERT EXPRESSION OF HER BEAUTIFUL FEATURES SHOWED THAT NEITHER HER WITS NOR HER COURAGE HAD BEEN SHAKEN BY HER TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
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