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Show IN THE MIRROR. ' A'.! but she was light and agile, ah! but iie was fair and fragile, and her slow mlle held the sparkle of a sunny, summer sum-mer day: and her eyes were so beguiling, o le unconscious felt to smiling, and wait- i eager list'ning, for the words that she -i'ght sav! In this room, which iner-f iner-f '.ant princes- set -aside for dames of r.ishion, there were many in themirrors veering Psyche-like; but. none had her '..i k of birth and rearing, had her air of breed and bearing, and these others gilm-m.-red near her like wax tapers in the c,,n Leant she to the glass as seeking ! assurance, and her speaking rose lit clta! and vivid accents. Never was such ..ivtr speech! And her veil was gently - .iftfd As her finger touched the drifted rose-bloom of her cheek, she murmured: "Say! This pimple is a peach! |