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Wysłany: Pią 6:03, 08 Kwi 2011 Temat postu: a band of ladies
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yilai:
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tened it in her sash.
She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of
happiness were now full. I turned my face away to conceal a smile
I could not suppress: there was something ludicrous as well as
painful in the little Parisienne’s earnest and innate devotion to
matters of dress.
A soft sound of rising now became audible; the curtain was
swept back from the arch; through it appeared the dining-room,
with its lit lustre pouring down light on the silver and glass of a
magnificent dessert-service covering a long table; a band of ladies
stood in the opening; they entered, and the curtain fell behind
them.
There were but eight; yet [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], somehow [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as they flocked in, they
gave the impression of a much larger number. Some of them were
very tall; many were dressed in white; and all had a sweeping
amplitude of array that seemed to magnify their persons as a mist
magnifies the moon. I rose and curtseyed to them: one or two bent
their heads in return, the others only stared at me.
They dispersed about the room, reminding me [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], by the lightness
and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds.
Some of them threw themselves in half-reclining positions on the
sofas and ottom
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