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Chapter 4

           Hejuststoodthere.Hershoeswereexcellent,heobserved.Theyallowedthetoestheirnaturalexpansion.Lodginginthesamehousewithher,hehadnoticedtoo,howorderlyshewas,upbeforebreakfastandofftopaint,hebelieved,alone:poor,presumably,andwithoutthecomplexionortheallurementofMissDoylecertainly,butwithagoodsensewhichmadeherinhiseyessuperiortothatyounglady.Now,forinstance,whenRamsayboredownonthem,shouting,gesticulating,MissBriscoe,hefeltcertain,understood.

           Someonehadblundered.

           Mr.Ramsayglaredatthem.Heglaredatthemwithoutseemingtoseethem.Thatdidmakethembothvaguelyuncomfortable.Togethertheyhadseenathingtheyhadnotbeenmeanttosee.Theyhadencroacheduponaprivacy.So,Lilythought,itwasprobablyanexcuseofhisformoving,forgettingoutofearshot,thatmadeMr.Bankesalmostimmediatelysaysomethingaboutitsbeingchillyandsuggestedtakingastroll.Shewouldcome,yes.Butitwaswithdifficultythatshetookhereyesoffherpicture.

           Thejacmannawasbrightviolet;thewallstaringwhite.Shewouldnothaveconsideredithonesttotamperwiththebrightvioletandthestaringwhite,sinceshesawthemlikethat,fashionablethoughitwas,sinceMr.Paunceforte’svisit,toseeeverythingpale,elegant,semitransparent.Thenbeneaththecolourtherewastheshape.Shecouldseeitallsoclearly,socommandingly,whenshelooked:itwaswhenshetookherbrushinhandthatthewholethingchanged.

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