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She swept him a great courtesy, making her dress balloon out about her; then she clasped her hands at her throat, her chin resting on the fluff of her white undersleeves, and looked up at him with a delighted laugh. "We are not very old, either of us; I am thirty-three and you are only forty-six I call that young. Oh, Lloyd, I was so low- spirited this morning; and now you are here!"
"Coral! and what a beautiful shade!" she cried. "Thank you; they are just what I wanted." "I thought they would contrast prettily with this, auntie," said Elsie, laying a dress-pattern of black silk upon her lap. "And these are to be worn at the same time, if it so pleases you," added Rose, presenting her with collar and undersleeves of point lace.
She soon arrayed me in my red calico dress, spotted with yellow stars. I was proud of its buckram undersleeves, though they scratched my arms, and admired its wings, which extended over the protecting buckram. "It is three o'clock; the company will come soon. Be careful of your dress. You must stand by me at the table to hand the cups of tea."
When she reached her she stooped, or rather drooped for stooping implies a bend of bone and muscle, and her graceful body seemed to be held together by integuments like long willow leaves and kissed her with a light touch of cool, delicate lips. Aunt Camilla's slender arms in their pointed lilac sleeves and lace undersleeves waved forward as with a vague caressing intent.
Heath and her daughter-in-law and grand-daughter came first. Hannah’s features were handsome and she knew exactly how to manage her shapely hands with their long white fingers. The soft delicate undersleeves fell away from arms white and well moulded, and she carried her height gracefully.
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