It's a long time since we met, eight years and more. He came down the shop looking for her quite obviously, and took up a position on the other side against a mirror in which he was able to regard her steadfastly. She was faint from hunger, her head spinning into dizziness, the blood madness readying for battle. It was a charming sight to watch the motions of her tiny fingers as she pursued her task; and though the posture she adopted was not the most favourable that might have been chosen for the display of her sylphlike figure, there was something in her attitude, and the glow of her countenance, lighted up by the mellow radiance of the setting sun falling upon her through the panes of the little dormer-window, that seemed to the youth inexpressibly beautiful. Papillon would have broken him down; anything tender would have sapped his will; and like as not he would have left the stool and rushed into the night. Her complexion was wan and faded, except where it was tinged by a slight hectic flush, that made the want of colour more palpable; her eyes were large and black, but heavy and lustreless; her cheeks sunken; her frame emaciated; her dark hair thickly scattered with gray. There was a murmur or two among the watchers on the bench, but no one ventured to intervene again. 23 She had always considered herself a simple wool maker’s daughter, but she began to realize that by marrying Gianfrancesco she had unwittingly gained entrance to a separate world. Stanley’s pace slackened. They had been informally introduced during floor hockey, when Katy had sent a puck flying into Lucy’s face. And thus he was once more free, having effected one of the most wonderful escapes ever planned or accomplished.
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