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By dint of looking at it, I fancied that her languishing eyes, through the voluptuous veiling, of her eyelashes, were fixed in mine, and that her white bosom heaved. BY DINT OF LOOKING AT IT I FANCIED THAT HER LANGUISHING EYES THROUGH THE VOLUPTUOUS VEALING OF HER EYELASHES WERE FIXED IN MINE AND THAT HER WHITE BOSOM HEAVED
 aunt looked at me half good-humoredly and half ironically, and at last, giving way to the feeling of amusement I caused her, burst out laughing, by which she disfigured herself, and exposed the horrible anatomy of her jaws. She laughed so heartily that her chin and nose met, hiding her lips, and emphasizing two wrinkles, or rather two deep furrows, and more than a dozen lines on her cheeks and eyelids; at the same time her head and body shook with the laughter, until at last her cough began to interrupt the bursts, and between laughing and coughing the old lady involuntarily spluttered all over my face. Humiliated, and full of disgust, I escaped rapidly thence to my mother's room, where I washed myself with soap and water, and began to muse on the lady of the portrait. And from that day and hour I could not keep my thoughts from her. As soon as my aunt went out, to slip into her room, open the drawer, bring out the miniature, and lose myself in contemplation, was the work of a minute.  DON'T CARE FOR SWEETS MY AUNT LOOKED AT ME HALF GOOD HUMOUREDLY AND HALF IRONICALLY AND AT LAST GIVING WAY TO THE FEELING OF AMUSEMENT I CAUSED HER BURST OUT LAUGHING BY WHICH SHE DISFIGURED HERSELF AND EXPOSED THE HORRIBLE ANATOMY OF HER JAWS SHE LAUGHED SO HEARTILY THAT HER CHIN AND NOSE MET HIDING HER LIPS AND EMPHASIZING TWO WRINKLES OR RATHER TWO DEEP FURROWS AND MORE THAN A DOZEN LINES ON HER CHEEKS AND EYELIDS AT THE SAME TIME HER HEAD AND BODY SHOOK WITH THE LAUGHTER UNTIL AT LAST HER COUGH BEGAN TO INTERRUPT THE BURSTS AND BETWEEN LAUGHING AND COUGHING THE OLD LADY INVOLUNTARILY SPLUTTERED ALL OVER MY FACE HUMILIATED AND FULL OF DISGUST I ESCAPED RAPIDLY THENCE TO MY MOTHER'S ROOM WHERE I WASHED MYSELF WITH SOAP AND WATER AND BEGAN TO MUSE ON THE LADY OF THE PORTRAIT AND FROM THAT DAY AND HOUR I COULD NOT KEEP MY THOUGHTS FROM HER AS SOON AS MY AUNT WENT OUT TO SLIP INTO HER ROOM OPEN THE DRAWER BRING OUT THE MINIATURE AND LOSE MYSELF IN CONTEMPLATION WAS THE WORK OF A MINUTE
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