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of feet, and a heavy set, imperious, magnifi- 

 cent youthful specimen of my order came 

 stalking towards me, with a stately carriage 

 of his frame that charmed me. He had a 

 large and fine looking head, with three great 

 bright eyes in the center of his forehead that 

 looked as large as I have since thought my 

 Master's shirt studs were, whereas my own 

 three principal eyes were at the very crown 

 of my head, protected by tufts of hair 

 through which I could look at him as co- 

 quettishly as I pleased, and, because they 

 were thus hidden, I did not feel as much 

 abashed as I otherwise would have been. 

 Then, also, he had two gorgeous oval cres- 

 cents, as if dainty shad roe had grown 

 gracefully up his cheeks and they met in a 

 pretty groove at the top of his head, which 

 thus made an imposing "part" there, as fine 

 as Lord Dundreary's. These plump cres- 

 cents were packed full of the brightest and 

 most expressive eyes, hundreds of them. 

 He had short and somewhat delicate man- 

 dibles, not even as large as mine, as if he 



