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She was all this, it is true, but she was, besides, grace and color and charm itself. SHE WAS ALL THIS IT IS TRUE BUT SHE WAS BESIDES GRACE AND COLOR AND CHARM ITSELF
ear. A gleam came into the old man's eyes as he heard it. He deliberately put the watch back in its pocket, put on his spectacles, and turned, as if she were a stranger. "Gone!" he announced then. "Who's the purchaser? Come forwards and take away you' property. What's the name, please?" Then he pretended to recognize her. "Oach! Sally! Well, that's lucky! He goes in good hands. He's sound and kind, but needs the whip." He held out his hand for the dollar. It was the girl of whom he had spoken accurately as a prize. Her sleeves were turned up as far as they would go, revealing some soft lace-trimmed whiteness, and there _was_ flour on her arms. Some patches of it on her face gave a petal-like effect to her otherwise aggressive color. The pretty dress was pinned far enough back to reveal the prettier petticoat--plus a pair of trimly-clad ankles. Perhaps these were neither the garments nor the airs in which every farmer-maiden did her baking. But then, Sally was no ordinary farmer-maiden. OM BEHIND HIM AND THE VOICE WAS BEAUTIFUL TO HEAR A GLEAM CAME INTO THE OLD MAN'S EYES AS HE HEARD IT HE DELIBERATELY PUT THE WATCH BACK IN HIS POCKET PUT ON HIS SPECTACLES AND TURNED AS IF SHE WERE A STRANGER GONE HE ANNOUNCED THEN WHO'S THE PURCHASER COME FORWARDS AND TAKE YOUR PROPERTY WHAT'S THE NAME PLEASE MANY PRETENDED TO RECOGNIZE HER OH SALLY WELL THAT'S LUCKY HE GOES IN GOOD HANDS HE'S SOUND AND COINED BUT NEEDS THE WHIP HE HELD OUT HIS HAND FOR THE DOLLAR IT WAS THE GIRL OF WHOM HE HAD SPOKEN ACCURATELY AS A PRIZE HER SLEEVES WERE TURNED UP AS FAR AS THEY WOULD GO REVEALING SOME SOFT LACE TRIMMED WHITENESS AND THERE WAS FLOWER ON HER ARMS SOME PATCHES OF IT ON HER FACE GAVE A PETAL LIKE EFFECT TO HER OTHERWISE AGGRESSIVE COLOUR THE PRETTY DRESS WAS PENNED FAR ENOUGH BACK TO REVEAL THE PRETTIER PETTICOAT PLUS A PAIR OF TRIMLY CLAD ANKLES PERHAPS THESE ARE NEITHER THE GARMENTS NOR THE EARS IN WHICH EVERY FARMER MAIDEN DID HER BAKING BUT THEN SALLY WAS NO ORDINARY FARMER MAIDEN
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