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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: a Pierrot dress not one of them knows anything about, and I think
I
can raise a mask. If I- "
A stifled exclamation from the booth made me look up. Framed in
its mouth, her arms folded and resting on the ledge, was the
girl.
What I could see of her was dressed as a Pierrot. Her hair was
concealed under a black silk cap, and the familiar white felt
conical hat sat jauntily over one ear. A straight, white nose,
and a delicate chin, red lips parted and smiling a little, such a
smile as goes always with eyebrows just raised, very alluring- so
The Brother of Daphne |
