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Hollyhock tried to forget her constant headaches, her bad nights, her restless spirit, by employing her satellites in all sorts of mischievous tasks. No one noticed that she was not well, for her cheeks were apple-red with the glow of apparent health, and her lovely, dark, affectionate eyes had never looked more brilliant than at present.
Gilian ceased to make the pictures in his mind. "I met her ghost up there on the road this very night, and I had a hand below her chin," said the Cornal with a gulp. "You did not dare, you did not dare!" cried his brother, an apple-red upon his check, and half rising in his chair. "Surely, surely in a ghost," said the Cornal. "I would never have mentioned it had it been herself. Sit down, Dugald.
I turned round as we got into mid-stream, and waving my hand to our hosts, saw Ellen leaning on the old man's shoulder, and caressing his healthy apple-red cheek, and quite a keen pang smote me as I thought how I should never see the beautiful girl again.
Her hair was beautiful it had no sleekness, but, even in its coils, looked rough and abundant, and it had the same rich, apple-red colours in it as her skin. She still had plenty of admirers, for the years had made her more rather than less desirable in herself, and men had grown used to her independence among them.
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