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The Man From Brodney’s

CHAPTER III
12/19

'Gad, it's as near like the kind that Henner painted as anything human could be, except that it's more like old gold, if you can understand what I mean by that.
Not bronze, mind you, nor the raw red, but--oh, well, I'm not a novelist, so I can't half-way describe it.

She's rather tall--not too tall, mind you--five feet five, I'd say--whatever that is in the metric system.

Slender and well dressed--oh, that's the strangest thing of all! Well dressed! Think of a princess being well dressed! I can see that you don't believe me, but I'll stake my word it's true.

Of course, I've seen but three of her gowns and--but that's neither here nor there.

I'd say she's twenty-two or twenty-three years of age--not a minute older.


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