[Confidence by Henry James]@TWC D-Link bookConfidence CHAPTER III 19/23
I am sure one sees everything here.
There 's a woman that comes to the tables--a Portuguese countess--who has hair that is positively blue.
I can't say I admire it when it comes to that shade. Blue 's my favorite color, but I prefer it in the eyes," continued Longueville's companion, resting upon him her own two brilliant little specimens of the tint. He listened with that expression of clear amusement which is not always an indication of high esteem, but which even pretty chatterers, who are not the reverse of estimable, often prefer to masculine inattention; and while he listened Bernard, according to his wont, made his reflections. He said to himself that there were two kinds of pretty girls--the acutely conscious and the finely unconscious.
Mrs.Vivian's protege was a member of the former category; she belonged to the genus coquette.
We all have our conception of the indispensable, and the indispensable, to this young lady, was a spectator; almost any male biped would serve the purpose.
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