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A Siren

CHAPTER III
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Very tall,--perhaps your lordship or I might say too tall.

But--on the stage the prejudice is in favour of a degree of tallness that we might not admire off it.
Gestures, bearing, and the movement of the person equally capable of expressing majestic dignity, or heart-subduing pathos.

A most graceful walk.

In short, a persona tutta simpatica.

As for the head--magnificent hair,--blonde, which for choice I would always prefer--the true Titian sun-tinged auburn,--a telling eye, finely formed nose, and mouth of inexpressible sweetness!" "Per Bacco, Signor Ercole, a Phoenix indeed! A Diva davvero!" said the Marchese.
"Eccellenza, she'll do," said the little man nodding his head with its top-heavy forehead three or four times emphatically.


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