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“Oh, I’m tired!” Frances exclaimed petulantly1, and in the same instant she dropped down on the turf, near the hedge-bottom. Anne stood a moment surprised, then, accustomed to the vagaries2 of her beloved Frances, said:
“Well, and aren’t you always likely to be tired, after travelling that blessed long way from Liverpool yesterday?” and she plumped down beside her sister. Anne was a wise young body of fourteen, very buxom3, brimming with common sense. Frances was much older, about twenty-three, and whimsical, spasmodic. She was the beauty and the clever child of the family. She plucked the goose-grass buttons from her dress in a nervous, desperate fashion. Her beautiful profile, looped above with black hair, warm with the dusky-and-scarlet complexion4 of a pear, was calm as a mask, her thin brown hand plucked nervously5.
“It’s not the journey,” she said, objecting to Anne’s obtuseness6. Anne looked inquiringly at her darling. The young girl, in her self-confident, practical way, proceeded to reckon up this whimsical creature. But suddenly she found herself full in the eyes of Frances; felt two dark, hectic7 eyes flaring8 challenge at her, and she shrank away. Frances was peculiar9 for these great, exposed looks, which disconcerted people by their violence and their suddenness.
“What’s a matter, poor old duck?” asked Anne, as she folded the slight, wilful10 form of her sister in her arms. Frances laughed shakily, and nestled down for comfort on the budding breasts of the strong girl.
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eerie
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juncture
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wriggling
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frantically
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shaft
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poking
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forefinger
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fumbled
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moles
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