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Mother took off her bonnet it was a very pretty hat, really, with white roses on it and when she had taken it off she went to the dressing-table to do her pretty hair. On the table between the ring-stand and the pincushion lay a green leather case. Mother opened it. 'Oh, how lovely! she cried. It was a ring, a large pearl with shining many-lighted diamonds set round it.
Mother took off her bonnet, it was a very pretty hat, really, with white roses in it, and when she had taken it off she went to the dressing-table to do her pretty hair. On the table between the ring-stand and the pin-cushion lay a green leather case. Mother opened it. "Oh, how lovely!" she cried. It was a ring, a large pearl with shining many-lighted diamonds set round it.
And she sobbed out wailful verses and words, broken and without a meaning; but Noorna caught her by the arm and swung her, and bade her fetch on the instant a robe of blue, and pile in her chamber robes of amber and saffron and grey, bridal-robes of many-lighted silks, plum- coloured, peach-coloured, of the colour of musk mixed with pale gold, together with bridal ornaments and veils of the bride, and a jewelled circlet for the brow.
And she sobbed out wailful verses and words, broken and without a meaning; but Noorna caught her by the arm and swung her, and bade her fetch on the instant a robe of blue, and pile in her chamber robes of amber and saffron and grey, bridal-robes of many-lighted silks, plum-coloured, peach-coloured, of the colour of musk mixed with pale gold, together with bridal ornaments and veils of the bride, and a jewelled circlet for the brow.
The good salt taste of it was in his mouth, the tingling of it along his limbs; and the steady beat of his heart, heavy and strong, made him glad for living. But beyond being glorious the swim was uneventful. On the right hand he passed the many-lighted Lancaster, on the left hand the English tramp, and ere long the Annie Mine loomed large above him.
The good salt taste of it was in his mouth, the tingling of it along his limbs; and the steady beat of his heart, heavy and strong, made him glad for living. But beyond being glorious the swim was uneventful. On the right hand he passed the many-lighted Lancaster, on the left hand the English tramp, and ere long the Annie Mine loomed large above him.
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