He stared in the rudest way, and just when I thought he had seen the
elastic, he said, 'There's something very taking about that face.
elastic, he said, 'There's something very taking about that face.
Kipling - Poems
As it is, I shall go in the
dove-colored--sweet emblem of youth and innocence--and shall put on my
new gloves. "
"If you really are going, dirty tan would be too good; and you know that
dove--color spots with the rain. "
"I care not. I may make her envious. At least I shall try, though one
cannot expect very much from a woman who puts a lace tucker into her
habit. "
"Just Heavens! When did she do that? "
"Yesterday--riding with The Dancing Master. I met them at the back of
Jakko, and the rain had made the lace lie down. To complete the effect,
she was wearing an unclean terai with the elastic under her chin. I felt
almost too well content to take the trouble to despise her. "
"The Hawley Boy was riding with you. What did he think? "
"Does a boy ever notice these things? Should I like him if he did?
He stared in the rudest way, and just when I thought he had seen the
elastic, he said, 'There's something very taking about that face. ' I
rebuked him on the spot. I don't approve of boys being taken by faces. "
"Other than your own. I shouldn't be in the least surprised if the
Hawley Boy immediately went to call. "
"I forbade him. Let her be satisfied with The Dancing Master, and his
wife when she comes up. I'm rather curious to see Mrs. Bent and the
Delville woman together. "
Mrs. Hauksbee departed and, at the end of an hour, returned slightly
flushed.
"There is no limit to the treachery of youth! I ordered the Hawley
Boy, as he valued my patronage, not to call. The first person I stumble
over--literally stumble over--in her poky, dark, little drawing-room
is, of course, the Hawley Boy. She kept us waiting ten minutes, and then
emerged as though he had been tipped out of the dirty-clothes
basket. You know my way, dear, when I am all put out.
dove-colored--sweet emblem of youth and innocence--and shall put on my
new gloves. "
"If you really are going, dirty tan would be too good; and you know that
dove--color spots with the rain. "
"I care not. I may make her envious. At least I shall try, though one
cannot expect very much from a woman who puts a lace tucker into her
habit. "
"Just Heavens! When did she do that? "
"Yesterday--riding with The Dancing Master. I met them at the back of
Jakko, and the rain had made the lace lie down. To complete the effect,
she was wearing an unclean terai with the elastic under her chin. I felt
almost too well content to take the trouble to despise her. "
"The Hawley Boy was riding with you. What did he think? "
"Does a boy ever notice these things? Should I like him if he did?
He stared in the rudest way, and just when I thought he had seen the
elastic, he said, 'There's something very taking about that face. ' I
rebuked him on the spot. I don't approve of boys being taken by faces. "
"Other than your own. I shouldn't be in the least surprised if the
Hawley Boy immediately went to call. "
"I forbade him. Let her be satisfied with The Dancing Master, and his
wife when she comes up. I'm rather curious to see Mrs. Bent and the
Delville woman together. "
Mrs. Hauksbee departed and, at the end of an hour, returned slightly
flushed.
"There is no limit to the treachery of youth! I ordered the Hawley
Boy, as he valued my patronage, not to call. The first person I stumble
over--literally stumble over--in her poky, dark, little drawing-room
is, of course, the Hawley Boy. She kept us waiting ten minutes, and then
emerged as though he had been tipped out of the dirty-clothes
basket. You know my way, dear, when I am all put out.
