Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 196
danceddown the staircase and paused with a lowcourtesy before the hall mirror. The scarletand black image, with its rosy cheeks, dancingbrown eyes, and long flying braids mockedher. The idea of that figure attempting any-thing serious was ridiculous, and with her headat its sauciest angle, Nan… … HERE IT IS, SAID NAN girl that she was, she loved fun as heartily asany boy that ever lived. With scarcely a pause after the last word, sheraised one arm upward, then, pushing her otherhand inside the jacket-front of her black-velvetzouave, she proceeded to declaim : Give meliberty or give me— but…
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