[Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins]@TWC D-Link bookPoor Miss Finch CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD 11/30
Oscar's odd little semi-foreign tricks of gesticulation with his hands, exactly reproduced in the hands of Nugent.
And, to crown it all, there was the complexion which Oscar had lost for ever (just a shade darker perhaps) found again on Nugent's cheeks! The one difference which made it possible to distinguish between them, at the moment when they first appeared together in the room, was also the one difference which Lucilla was physically incapable of detecting--the terrible contrast of color between the brother who bore the blue disfigurement of the drug, and the brother who was left as Nature had made him. "Delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs.Finch--I have long wished for this pleasure.
Thank you, Mr.Finch, for all your kindness to my brother. Madame Pratolungo, I presume? Permit me to shake hands.
It is needless to say, I have heard of your illustrious husband.
Aha! here's a baby.
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