Reparation; A Novel (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III FRIENDSHIP "BUT, Betty darling, it is perfectly impossible! You can't do it!" The speaker was a tall, handsome girl of twenty, whose name was Nora Lysaght . She was not only handsome, but strikingly individual in appearance: she looked as though she could judge for herself and stand alone, and yet there was nothing aggressive or masculine about her. Her features were finely but delicately cut; her dark eyes were soft as well as brilliant, and the curves of her olive cheek and chin were delightful. But there was just the hint of undeniable energy and decision about her which gave her in many people's eyes an indescribable charm. Her stately neck, her slight but lissome figure, her lovely yet capable - looking hands, all added to the impression of power and determination which her personality produced. She wasdressed plainly, but with an expensive plainness which meant the perfection of cut and fabric which only a full purse can obtain; and her deep reddish brown coat and skirt suited her admirably. It was autumnal weather, and the cloth was exactly the shade of an autumnal leaf. The girl to whom she spoke was in many respects an entire contrast to herself. She was not particularly small, but she gave the impression of smallness from her extreme slimness and air of fragility. Nora's figure was elastic and upright; that of her friend was so slight and delicate that it seemed almost ready to fall together when she sat down or lapsed into a reclining chair. Her face, small and pointed, was exceedingly pretty, with a soft childish contour and an almost colourless skin; her eyes were fawn colour, and a trifle darker than her amplitude of fine silken hair, on the waves and masses of which there was a sunshiny touch of gold. It was a pity to see that the soft brown ...