Haweis, Mary Eliza Joy, 1852-1898 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 312
sues during which Icannot tear my eyes from the contrast of colour betweenthe lobster hands and the cloth. Why do you neverwear rings ? I ask, also faute de mieux. Eh ? whydont I wear rings ?—Oh, because my hands are so largeand red—answers the high-minded one, exhibitingthem. Well—vanity may be a… … assuming her favourite attitude, I know the creature—strong-minded, not cultured. It goes in for intel-lect—and, as usual, whenintellect has to be gone in for, there is not much of thereal thing in situ. Manyare her ologies — andwere she a woman of ex-traordinary ability onemight find excuse for…
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