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And as time went on it was her books that soothed her in her restless moods, and because there were in her father's library the writings of the greatest men and the best men who have given their thoughts to the world, Judy was gradually molded into finer girlhood, finer womanhood, than could have come to her by any other association.
He saw through her, a sanction and authority for his own future years, her light upon the work he must do. The animation of his mind in her presence was pure with service. And Vina awakened, for she saw with trembling, what is a miracle to a modern woman's eyes, man's delight to honor that which is most truly woman's. So her girlhood crept back. At first Vina thought he was using her for a study.
The father and daughter heard him settle himself on the straw tick, and soon all was quiet above. And later by half an hour, Tessibel was dreaming of the young husband who that day had opened a new world to her, who had led her from girlhood into the immensity of womanhood. Tessibel, arrayed in her new dress and slippers, a roll of songs under her arm, stood in the shanty kitchen.
Cool, suave, polished; accepted at the clubs as a man of the world; an adept with rapier and pistol; Ernesto Villa Rocca bears his social coronet as bravely as the premier duke of France always on guard! "Does she love this man?" Natalie looks in her glass. From girlhood she has been hunted for her beauty. Now a fortune, title, and the oblivion of years will aid her in reigning as a mature queen.
She had no girlhood; she was a boy till fourteen, and then a woman, and she was scarcely altered since the epoch of that transition, the same in likings, tastes, and duties.
"Do you think I'd scratch you horribly if I kissed you Rita?" She lowered her eyes but not her face. "You might try Josh." Next morning she was up and in her dressing-room and had almost finished her toilette before he awakened. For the first time in years perhaps the first time since the end of her happy girlhood and the beginning of her first season in Washington society she felt like singing.
It was a face which bore well such signs of age as those which had come upon it. She seemed to be a woman fitter for womanhood than for girlhood. Her eyes were brighter than of yore, and, as Harry thought, larger; and her high forehead and noble stamp of countenance seemed fitted for the dress and headgear which she wore. "I have been expecting you," said she, stepping up to him.
All the beauty of girlhood with the tenderness of womanhood, all the visions of young romance, united to the fulfilled passion of the heart, all the budding happiness of a radiant life,-all the promise of a perfect love; these were faithfully reflected in the purely moulded features, the dark blue caressing eyes, and the sweet mouth, which to Maryllia's fervid imagination appeared to tremble plaintively with a sigh of longing for the joy of life that had been snatched away so soon.
Treadwell. He says it reminds him of his Aunt Belinda." "Perhaps he's right, darling. Anyway, he prefers it, and I fancy your grandfather wouldn't have liked to hear his wife address him so familiarly. Times have changed since my girlhood." "And Oliver has lived out in the world so much, mother." "Yes," said Mrs. Pendleton, but her voice was without enthusiasm.
Well, don't tell everybody in the gym about it," Leslie advised, then laughed. Her laughter was echoed in quavering fashion by the other weepers. Under their false and petty ideas of life there was still so much of the eagerness of girlhood to be liked, to succeed and to be happy. Only they were obstinately traveling the wrong road in search of it.
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