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"Silent she had been, but she raised her face; / 'And will you end,' said she, 'this half-told tale? " / _Jean Ingelow._
Garth felt a little excited as he went up to the porch-room to dress / for dinner; to put on his war-paint as he told himself with a little / grimace. Garth was a handsome man, and he never looked better than / when he was in evening dress. Though he had less personal vanity / than most men, he was in some measure conscious of his advantages, / and on this occasion he was a little fastidious as to the set of his / collar and the manipulation of his tie.