Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 128: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XY. BELLE AND HAZEL MAKE A NEW ACQUAINTANCE. HE Stewarts went down to -~ Brighton on Monday morning, * July ist, as arranged. A carriage was sent for wm She was simply yet taste- met yt fully dressed in a traveling- Seo” SS" Buit of dark blue, which set off her clear complexion beautifully, while in man- ner aud bearing she appeared every inch the lady. _ “Thad no idea she was so pretty,” was Mrs. Stew- art’s inward comment, as Hazel greeted her with a bright, animated, yet perfectly respectful ‘good- morning,” her lovely face glowing with health and anticipation; “I believe she is almost as handsome as Helena.” She was rather glad, on the whole, that Helena was not there, for her elder daughter was secretly inclined to be somewhat envious of the beauty of others, and she feared she might not have approved of this refined and elegant girl, whom pea: ou be more likely to regard as afavored Pe coiiicn sae ercons