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Polly, in high spirits at her success, next declared that she must arrange Deena's hair, and she pushed her into a low chair in front of the dressing table, and fluffed the golden mane high above the temples, and coiled and pinned it into waves and curls that caught the sunlight on their silken sheen and gave it back.
Her hair, that used to cling to her little head in flat rings as her sleep had crushed it, was all brushed up and fluffed into feathery ducks' tails that shone gold in gold. She came to him lifting up her little clean pinafore and frock to show him. She knew that she was fascinating. "It must be Mother, bless her," he said to himself. But it wasn't Mother; or if it was she lied about it.
Then very soberly, like a child with a lesson, she began to repeat Barton's impulsive phrases. "'In this light," she droned, "'with your hat pushed back like that and your hair fluffed up like that and the the " More unexpectedly then than anything that could possibly have happened she burst out laughing a little low, giggly, school-girlish sort of laugh.
Her hand flew to a new and elaborately piled coiffure, a half-fringe of curling-iron, little fluffed out tendrils escaping down her neck. "In incompatibility is grounds." "It's mighty becomin', Hanna. Mighty becomin'." "It's grounds, all right!" "'Grounds'? Grounds for what, Hanna?" She looked away, her throat distending as she swallowed. "Divorce."
An abundance of hair, wonderfully soft and brown, showing the slightest glint of coppery red running it in vagrant strands, fluffed from under the hat. The skirt of her traveling suit, some light substantial material, reached the span of a hand above the ankle.
John Gayther looked at the Daughter of the House steadfastly and wondered if the Almia of the story had cut off her beautiful hair. He was sure she had had an abundance of light silvery-golden hair which fluffed itself all about her head under her wide hat, and it would be a sort of shock to think of its being cut off. But he asked no questions; he did not want to interrupt too much.
When the last hook was fastened, the last glove buttoned, the last curl fluffed into place, mother stood for an instant tapping her foot on the floor. She looked like a little general. "Girls," she said, "there are five hundred people coming to-night from all over the State, and fully two-thirds of them never heard of Dolly Leonard.
Irish, standing close beside Weary and looking enough like him to be a twin instead of a mere cousin, smiled down at her with traitorous admiration. Miss Allen's nose was a nice nose, and above it twinkled a pair of warm brown eyes with humorous little wrinkles, around them; and still above them fluffed a kinky-curly mass of brown hair.
"Tell me," said Jimmy. I told him. "Fluffed in his lines, did he?" said Jimmy, nodding thoughtfully. "It's always the way with these amateurs. We must go back at once. Things look bad, but it may not be too late," he said as we started. "Even now a few well-chosen words from a man of the world, and " "Great Scot!" I cried. "Look!"
Give me what is left of the carpet and let me go. 'Dare we? said Anthea. 'Would mother mind? 'I have dared greatly for your sakes, remarked the bird. 'Well, then, we will, said Robert. The Phoenix fluffed out its feathers joyously. 'Nor shall you regret it, children of golden hearts, it said. 'Quick spread the carpet and leave me alone; but first pile high the fire.
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