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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XVI. H, how lovely How beautiful And is it all mine And is it you, Walpurga, of the cottage by the lake How proud she 'll be Such were Walpurga's extravagant expressions of delight, while she stood looking at herself in the full-length mirror. Mademoiselle Kramer was indeed obliged to hold her back, lest she should rush through the glass in her eager desire to embrace the figure she saw reflected in it. The court tailor had sent home the new clothes. It was difficult to decide which was the most beautiful the stomacher, the skirt, the collar, the shirt with the short, wide sleeves but no the narrow rimmed hat, trimmed with flowers and gold lace and with gold tassels, was the most beautiful of all. It fitted perfectly, and was as light as a feather. There; I 'll just move it a little to the left. Gracious me Well, you are beautiful The folks are right She placed her arms akimbo and danced about the room, like one possessed. And then, placing herself before the mirror, she stared into it, silently, as if lost in contemplation of her own image. Ah, that mirror Walpurga had never before seen her full figure, from head to foot. What could she see in the twopenny looking-glass at home? Nothing but the face and a little of the neck She lifted her hand to her throat. It was encircled by a necklace composed of seven rows of garnets and fastened in front with an agraffe. And how clever Mademoiselle Kramer was How many things she could do She had placed a large mirror behind Walpurga who could now see how she looked in the back, and on all sides. O how clever these people are What do they know out our way ? Nothing of the world, and less about themselves And this is how Walpurga looks to those who walk behind her? And so, turning herse...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458835093 |
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| ISBN-10 | 145883509X |
| Weight | 1.01 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.70 In |
| List Price | $23.46 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 310 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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