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Heart’s Desire

CHAPTER VI
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Her foot, trim and well shaped,--for even a desolate pariah might note so much,--was shod in no ultra fashion, but in good feminine gear with high and girlish heels, all unsuited to gravel and slide-rock, yet exceeding good, as it seemed at that time.

The girl raised her eyes, smiling frankly.

There was no cold cream traceable.

The first thought of Learned Counsel was that her complexion would brown nicely under sunburn; his second thought was that he had on overalls,--a fact which had escaped him for more than four years.
If Eve, new come within Heart's Desire, felt any surprise, or if she even experienced any pique at the calm deportment of Dan Anderson, she masked it all and put all at ease with a few words spoken in that manner of voice which is an excellent thing in woman.

In a sort of dream the coach trundled on up the street, to pause for half an instant in front of the commercial emporium of Whiteman the Jew.


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