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boards patched over the face of everything remind one of Mahometan decoration."
"The young women are not Mahometan," said his companion. "They can't be said to hide their faces. I never saw anything so bold."
"Thank heaven they don't hide their faces!" cried Felix. "Their faces are uncommonly pretty."
"Yes, their faces are often very pretty," said the Baroness, who was a very clever woman. She was too clever a woman not to be capable of a great deal of just and fine observation. She clung more closely than usual to her brother's arm; she was not exhilarated, as he was; she said very little, but she noted a great many things and made
