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RV 209 shell; the slanting eyes, the budding mouth men, no doubt, would think it all enchanting.

Pauline, with slow steps, went on into the bigshining dressing-room, and to the bathroom beyond,all ablaze with white tiling and silvered taps and tubes. It was the hour of her evening uplift exercises, the final relaxing of body and soul before she slept. Sternly she addressed herself to relaxation.