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of the green trousers, before a couple of Lapp .gentlemen 

 hove in sight. They were dressed pretty much like their 

 companion, except that an ordinary red night-cap replaced 

 the queer helmet -worn by the lady ; and the knife and 

 sporran fastened to their belts, instead of being suspended 

 in front as hers were, hung down against their hips. Their 



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tunics, too, may have been a trifle shorter. None of the three 

 were beautiful. High cheek-bones, short noses, oblique Mon- 

 gol eyes, no eyelashes, and enormous mouths, composed a 

 cast of features which their burnt-sienna complexion, and 

 hair like ill-got-in hay did not much enhance. The expres- 

 sion of their countenances was not unintelligent; and there 

 was a merry, half-timid, half-cunning twinkle in their eyes, 



