The Eagle's Shadow
rgaret Hugonin and of t
r the present defer al
ur unqualified att
med Margaret the ob
can be bestowed upon a
--any woman--as neatly
ov
I wish to make is tha
hereby insured of a sui
anton or pious or sulle
le chance of incongruit
ns or the higher mathe
andies, the event is pr
nt, and if among a cho
rita, Peggy, and Gre
hese he cannot find a
e is indeed desperate
--if the cat jump propi
Darling or
his name must be the be
in bore it. And so the
e. I warn you in advan
and if my admiration fo
an only protest that in
to his own taste. I kn
uarded moment I may hav
retion, her husband mo
he and I are still the
r did so far forget my
ed to a han
Margaret Hugonin was b
und a woman under fo
Testament into my han
gnise beauty in one ano
at particular feature i
and straight-limbed, a
being beautiful; and
es and an infectious l
ble. And all these
ly that
then, to picture her
Her chief charm was t
e carnal vanities are
he least to the purpo
writer-folk to invent
u have a catalogue of h
hod will ser
ot very much of her--
he well-groomed mode
d is in every respect
ouvre whom people pret
she talked with you, h
ntent gaze of these ey
ffect, perilous, since
orgotten there were an
und this a decided erro
llow hair, that was not
scorn the hackneyed sorward yellow, darkeni
r neck in great coils
ttle golden hair-pin
em, her nose was a tiny
y, for you will observ
and mouths, very rare
mouth; and if you ar
g, I cannot swear that
ere rather full than ot
c passion, and tenderne
, her mouth was not in
e and sugared portrai
ering out of a gilt fr
ee hundred pages than
honest, unromantic eat
highly dangerous to
nt
st description of Mar
No one realises its g
ly th
te that if in the prog
utter lack of reason o
the winning must d
rmitted to record the
even to exaggerate it a
exasperate you and goa
not treating the girl
re possible, I should d
garet Hugonin. And spe
come long ago to rega
cy that I a