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So Lesbia, the cool-headed, who was also the weak-minded, consented to
have her figure adjusted to the regulation mark of absolute beauty, as
understood by Madame Seraphine. It was only when her complexion came
under discussion, and Seraphine ventured to suggest that she would be
all the better for a little accentuation of her eyebrows and darkening
of her lashes, that Lesbia made a stand.
'What would my grandmother think of me if she heard I painted?' she
asked, indignantly.
Lady Kirkbank laughed at her _naivete_.
'My dear child, your grandmother is just half a century behind the age,'
she said. 'I hope you are not going to allow your life in London to be
regulated by an oracle at Grasmere?'
'I am not going to paint my face,' replied Lesbia, firmly.
'Well, perhaps you are right. The eyebrows are a little weak and
undecided, Seraphine, as you say, and the lashes would be all the better
for your famous cosmetic; but after all there is a charm in what the
painters call "sincerity," and any little errors of detail will prove
the genuineness of Lady Lesbia's beauty.


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