The Craze of Christina — page 91: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. — 87 almost like my servant in fact; scarcely a lady by birth, I suppose, poor thing, though her manners are certainly quite presentable and her looks decidedly above the average. At the same time I am glad that she is modest enough to appreciate the immense difference between us.” This, as Miss Ashley was the daughter of a country attorney, and Miss Pratt was nearly re- lated to the late Mr. Greville of Esselton, was a somewhat mistaken conclusion to have come to! But in total ignorance of this fact there was no doubt bliss. So Miss Pratt put on her everyday black serge jacket and skirt, which, although shabby fo the verge of rags, could not disfigure the fine outlines of her graceful form, and crowned her head with a straw hat, around which a strand of scarlet ribbon seemed to be all that was needed to set off her dark eyes and hair, and the exquisite tints of her complexion; and, hav- ing accepted the loan of her employer’s bicycle, she rode swiftly away in the direction of Essel- ton Hall, Miss Ashley-watching her departure from her bedroom window with feelings ‘of envy and utter misery quite impossible to de- scribe. Gay and brave, however, as was the face she Gomichooksnco