Gray youth: The story of a very modern courtship and a very modern marriage
Gray youth: The story of a very modern courtship and a very modern marriage
By Oliver Onions
24 May, 2020
Brief Extract: A GIRL of seventeen, with a knitted tam-o’-shanter cap and a thick cable of red-bronze hair hanging down her back, walked along with a gallery of the Louvre, looking for her aunt. The eyes that turned whenever she heard a footfall or
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Brief Extract: A GIRL of seventeen, with a knitted tam-o’-shanter cap and a thick cable of red-bronze hair hanging down her back, walked along with a gallery of the Louvre, looking for her aunt. The eyes that turned whenever she heard a footfall or, passing a statue or case, saw a fresh vista before her, were of a light brown, with just such a hint of gold in their irises as you see when some opals are turned and catch a different light; and they were confused and overfilled with the treasures on which they had rested. She was an art student and must return to London on the morrow in order to resume her studies at the McGrath. Less