But this slim young witch, with the scarlet lips and pleading gray eyes, was not so easily banished. His inward eye dwelt upon her with increasing joy, "How beautiful she was, as she stood there on that bowlder! Perhaps she was posing? She is now at the very height of her girlish charm. What an appeal she must make to the men of this region--those exquisite lips--that pliant waist--that full bosom! There is some antagonism between mother and daughter--something more than appears on the surface. She is both sullen and hysterical. What a pity!"

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