The Courtship of Morrice Buckler a Romance Being a Record of the Growth of An
The Courtship of Morrice Buckler a Romance Being a Record of the Growth of An
A E W Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
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And with a growing contentment I perceived that ever and again her eyes would stray towards me, and she would drop some question into Elmscott's ear. The Countess wore, I remember, a gown of purple velvet fronted with yellow satin, which to my eyes hung a trifle heavily upon her young figure and so emphasized its slenderness, imparting even to her neck and head a certain graceful fragility. The rich colour of her hair was hidden beneath a mask of powder after the fashion, and below it her face ...shone 142 COURTSHIP OF MORRICE BUCKLER. [CHAP pale, pale indeed as when I saw her last, but with a wonderful clarity and pureness of complexion, so that as she spoke the blood came and went very prettily about her cheeks and temples. The two attributes, however, which I noted with the greatest admiration were her eyes and voice. For it seemed to me well-nigh beyond belief that the 'eyes which I now saw flashing with so lively a fire were the same which had stared vacantly into mine at Lukstein Castle, and that the voice which I now heard musical with all the notes of laughter was that which had sent the shrill, awful scream tearing the night.
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