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A BIRD WITH AN UMBRELLA. 



would carry such a thing. Observe the fine glossy black of my 

 coat and waistcoat! Our family never wear anything but black: 



colors are so very vulgar! You see that I have also a beautiful 

 tippet, which hangs down from my neck. I confess that I am 

 proud of that, as well as of my umbrella. In fact, I feel that I 

 ought, by rights, to be called The Black Brazilian Beauty:^ 



