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Evan Harrington

CHAPTER IX
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And I do fear me he would have done it.

Ah! you do not conceive what the dread of baldness is! To a woman death--death is preferable to baldness! Baldness is death! And a wig--a wig! Oh, horror! total extinction is better than to rise again in a wig! But you are young, and play with hair.

But I was saying, I went to see the Jocelyns.

I was introduced to Sir Franks and his lady and the wealthy grandmother.

And I have an invitation for you, Evan--you unmannered boy, that you do not bow! A gentle incline forward of the shoulders, and the eyes fixed softly, your upper lids drooping triflingly, as if you thanked with gentle sincerity, but were indifferent.


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