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50 SHALED LIPS. made her come out of her impassibility, in a com- plete expansion. | This pretty head, quietly covered by a black velvet bonnet, with one dainty pink rose stuck in carelessly, seemed even smaller this morning, com- ing out of a thick brown fur which covered her up completely. When Patrice reached the coupe he was favored by the half smile at the service of simple mortals, It was all that he had a right to expect, and the half that she gave seemed so precious to him that he had no thought of regretting the other. He car- ried, on his own face, youth and good humor, and was very happy to tell her good news of his friend. He was also very agreeably surprised, to tell the truth, not to find Madame Sauval with her daugh- ter. The young woman could not help giving him an entire smile when she saw his smiling face. This was so perfectly dazzling that Patrice at once forgot everything; the cold wind kissing his bare head, the passers-by, who were slackening their steps to enjoy their share of the fete, even the sick man who sent him. He had only one thought —to drink, without losing any of this luminous face, this sunny smile, or the fragrance of this beautiful woman. He had one of those speaking faces that tell all, and that it is impossible not to believe. If Jenny Sauval had lived until now with- out realizing that she was beautiful, her ignorance would have all disappeared before this young man’s Gomichbooksscom