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 s

orward 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