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ownage,withawatchfuleyethatseldomseemedtolookat anything,alargehandheavilyringed,asteadyface,strong features,andgreatcomposureofmanner.Therewasacharacter aboutMadameDefargefromwhichonemighthavepredictedthat shedidnotoftenmakemistakesagainstherselfinanyofthe reckoningsoverwhichshepresided.MadameDefargebeing sensitivetocold,waswrappedinfur,andhadaquantityofbright shawltwinedaboutherhead,thoughnottotheconcealmentof herlargeear-rings.Herknittingwasbeforeher,butshehadlaidit downtopickherteethwithatoothpick.Thusengaged,withher rightelbowsupportedbyherlefthand,MadameDefargesaid nothingwhenherlordcamein,butcoughedjustonegrainof cough.This,incombinationwiththeliftingofherdarklydefined eyebrowsoverhertoothpickbythebreadthofaline,suggestedto herhusbandthathewoulddowelltolookroundtheshopamong the