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The Jewel of Seven Stars

CHAPTER XIX
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Then with both hands he raised the ample robe, and laid it across the arms which she extended in a natural impulse.

Things of such beauty were too precious to be handled with any but the greatest care.
We all stood awed at the beauty of the figure which, save for the face cloth, now lay completely nude before us.

Mr.Trelawny bent over, and with hands that trembled slightly, raised this linen cloth which was of the same fineness as the robe.

As he stood back and the whole glorious beauty of the Queen was revealed, I felt a rush of shame sweep over me.
It was not right that we should be there, gazing with irreverent eyes on such unclad beauty: it was indecent; it was almost sacrilegious! And yet the white wonder of that beautiful form was something to dream of.

It was not like death at all; it was like a statue carven in ivory by the hand of a Praxiteles.


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