[Gypsy Breynton by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps]@TWC D-Link bookGypsy Breynton PREFACE 9/14
She had on a pretty blue delaine dress, which was wet and torn, and all stuck together with burs; her boots were covered with mud to the ankle; her white stockings spattered and brown; her turban was hanging round her neck by its elastic; her net had come off, and the wind was blowing her hair all over her eyes; she had her sack thrown over one arm, and a basket filled to overflowing, with flowers and green moss, upon the other. "Well, you're a pretty sight!" said Tom, leisurely regarding her.
Indeed, he was not far from right.
In spite of the mud and the burs and the tears, and the general dropping-to-pieces look about her, Gypsy managed, somehow or other, to look as pretty as a picture, with her cheeks as red as a coral, and the soft brown hair that was tossing about her eyes.
Gypsy's eyes were the best part of her.
They were very large and brown, and had that same irresistible twinkle that was in Tom's eyes, only a great deal more of it; and then it was always there.
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