[The Common Law by Robert W. Chambers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Common Law CHAPTER VIII 10/29
Her gown needs dry-cleaning.
But my chief criticism is the terrible resemblance to the original." "Ah-h, what are you talking about!" growled Burleson; "did you ever see a prettier girl than Valerie West ?" Ogilvy said slowly: "She's pretty--to look at in real life.
But, somehow, Kelly has managed here to paint her more exactly than we have really ever noticed her.
That's Valerie's face and figure all right; and it's more--it reflects what is going on inside her head--all the unbaked, unassimilated ideas of immaturity whirring in a sequence which resembles logic to the young, but isn't." "What do you mean by such bally stuff ?" demanded Burleson, bluntly. Annan laughed, but Ogilvy said seriously: "I mean that Kelly has painted something interesting.
It's a fascinating head--all soft hair and delicious curves, and the charming indecision of immature contours which ought some day to fall into a nobler firmness....
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