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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