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What he did not altogether like were her eyes  which, though large and well shaped, had in them an occasional glitter  and her hands, which, though remarkably white and slender, had very long and curved nails, that to his mind suggested all sorts of unpleasant ideas. WHAT HE DID NOT ALTOGETHER LIKE WERE HER EYES WHICH THOUGH LARGE AND WELL SHAPED HAD IN THEM AN OCCASIONAL GLITTER AND HER HANDS WHICH THOUGH REMARKABLY WHITE AND SLENDER HAD VERY LONG AND CURVED NAILS THAT TO HIS MIND SUGGESTED ALL SORTS OF UNPLEASANT IDEAS
 avoided. Those who ventured far in the forest after nightfall either never came back at all or returned half imbecile with terror, and afterwards poured out to their affrighted friends incoherent stories of the strange lights and terrible forms they had encountered, moving about amid the trees. Up to the present Henri had been just as scared by these tales as the rest of the villagers; but so intense was his longing for revenge that he at length resolved to visit Mère Maxim and solicit her assistance. Choosing a morning when the sun was shining brightly, he screwed up his courage, and after many bad scares finally succeeded in reaching her dwelling--or, I might say, her shanty, for by a more appropriate term than the latter such a queer-looking untidy habitation could not be described. To his astonishment Mère Maxim was by no means so unprepossessing as he had imagined. On the contrary, she was more than passably good-looking, with black hair, rosy cheeks, and exceedingly white teeth.  LIVED WAS CAREFULLY AVOIDED THOSE WHO VENTURED FAR IN THE FOREST AFTER NIGHTFALL EITHER NEVER CAME BACK AT ALL OR RETURNED HALF IMBECILE WITH TERROR AND AFTERWARDS POURED OUT TO THEIR AFFRIGHTED FRIENDS INCOHERENT STORIES OF STRANGE LIGHTS AND TERRIBLE FORMS THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED MOVING ABOUT AMID THE TREES UP TO THE PRESENT HENRY HAD BEEN JUST AS SCARED BY THESE TALES AS THE REST OF THE VILLAGERS BUT SO INTENSE WAS HIS LONGINGS FOR REVENGE THAT HE AT LENGTH RESOLVED TO VISIT MAYOR MAXIM AND SOLICIT HER ASSISTANCE CHOOSING A MORNING WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHTLY HE SCREWED UP HIS COURAGE AND AFTER MANY BAD SCARES FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN REACHING HER DWELLING OR I MIGHT SAY HER SHANTY FOR BY A MORE APPROPRIATE TERM THAN THE LATTER SUCH A QUEER LOOKING UNTIDY HABITATION COULD NOT BE DESCRIBED TO HIS ASTONISHMENT MAYOR MAXIM WAS BY NO MEANS SO UNPREPOSSESSING AS HE HAD IMAGINED ON THE CONTRARY SHE WAS MORE THAN PASSABLY GOOD LOOKING WITH BLACK HAIR ROSY CHEEKS AND EXCEEDINGLY WHITE TEETH
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