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Chapter 16

           Yetofcoursetonight,ofallnights,outtheywent,andtheycameinlate,andthingshadtobesentout,thingshadtobekepthot;theBOEUFENDAUBEwouldbeentirelyspoilt.

           Jasperofferedheranopalnecklace;Roseagoldnecklace.Whichlookedbestagainstherblackdress?Whichdidindeed,saidMrs.Ramsayabsent-mindedly,lookingatherneckandshoulders(butavoidingherface)intheglass.Andthen,whilethechildrenrummagedamongherthings,shelookedoutofthewindowatasightwhichalwaysamusedhertherookstryingtodecidewhichtreetosettleon.Everytime,theyseemedtochangetheirmindsandroseupintotheairagain,because,shethought,theoldrook,thefatherrook,oldJosephwashernameforhim,wasabirdofaverytryinganddifficultdisposition.Hewasadisreputableoldbird,withhalfhiswingfeathersmissing.Hewaslikesomeseedyoldgentlemaninatophatshehadseenplayingthehorninfrontofapublichouse.

           "Look!"shesaid,laughing.Theywereactuallyfighting.JosephandMarywerefighting.Anyhowtheyallwentupagain,andtheairwasshovedasidebytheirblackwingsandcutintoexquisitescimitarshapes.Themovementsofthewingsbeatingout,out,outshecouldneverdescribeitaccuratelyenoughtopleaseherselfwasoneoftheloveliestofalltoher.Lookatthat,shesaidtoRose,hopingthatRosewouldseeitmoreclearlythanshecould.Forone’schildrensooftengaveone’sownperceptionsalittlethrustforwards.

           Butwhichwasittobe?Theyhadallthetraysofherjewel-caseopen.

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