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Of a sudden she noticed that an imitation-lace cover which should have lain mathematically square with the imitation-marble top of the radiator behind the green plush sofa had slipped away so that one corner hung over the bronze-painted steam pipes. She recalled that she must have rested her poor head against the radiator-top while she was taking off her boots.
Ruby, neglected, with a jam-smeared face the flustered maid, tousled, grubby, her frock gaping the horrible hall, with its imitation-marble paper and staring linoleum the prim, trivial, unaired, unused drawing-room, with its pathetic attempts at elegance Deb inwardly curled up at the sight of these things as things now belonging to the family.
The mouth was a mere replica of Cupid's bow, lacquered scarlet and strung with the littlest pearls. No apple-tree, no wall of peaches, had not been robbed, nor any Tyrian rose-garden, for the glory of Miss Dobson's cheeks. Her neck was imitation-marble. Her hands and feet were of very mean proportions. She had no waist to speak of.
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