She had never been there before at that hour, in that light, and it seemed
to her as if she came to it all for the first time. It became a sort of duel at last between them, and all the
others sat and listened—every one, that is, except the Alderman, who had got the
blond young man into a corner by the green-stained dresser with the aluminum
things, and was sitting with his back to every one else, holding one hand over his
mouth for greater privacy, and telling him, with an accent of confidential
admission, in whispers of the chronic struggle between the natural modesty and
general inoffensiveness of the Borough Council and the social evil in
Marylebone. As the woollendraper's back was towards him, he did not perceive him, but continued his
passionate addresses. She was obliged to concede
that his features were pleasing, his strength and vitality attractive; and there was
no denying how well this uniform of a militia suited his figure, which was lean
and powerful both. She leaves town
to-morrow. ‘I take it that you like this great-niece of mine?’
‘One cannot help but do so. 5. For the fresh and feverish hue of lip which
years ago characterised this feature, was now substituted a pure and wholesome
bloom, evincing a total change of habits; and, though the coarse character of the
mouth remained, in some degree, unaltered, it was so modified in expression,
that it could no longer be accounted a blemish.
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