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Coffins, about still, dead faces. If it had a voice, we should hear
continual moans. It would be no worse than this, though.' 'You will wear
the lilies then, unless the heliotrope scent clings to them too,' he
said, gathering up the obnoxious flowers. 'Yes, if it doesn't jar your
ideal to see them worn against such a stormy day dress. To me they are
the perfection of summer. No _color_ could be more intense than this
spotless whiteness. There!' Fastening them, the brittle stems snapped,
and the flowers fell at her feet. 'No flowers for me to-day, of your
choosing at least. Practically, lilies have such an uncomfortable way of
breaking short off.' A broad, bright ribbon lay drawn through 'Charles
Anchester' on the table. She knotted it carelessly at her throat. 'That
will do for the now; but, O my carnations, how your mission failed!'
hovering over them a minute. 'Then you are not satisfied with the New
England mean of perfection, in everything, mentally, morally, and
meteorologically?' going back to the weather again. 'Satisfied! I'd
exchange this whole pale summer for one hour of broad, torrid noonlight.
Deep, far-off tropical skies, great fronds of tropical foliage, drawing
their sustenance from the slowest, richest juices of nature, gorgeous
depths of color blazing with the very heart of the sun, deep,
intoxicating odors poured from creamy white or flaming flower chalices,
and always the silver-sprayed wash of the blue sea. I remember that of
my home. It is months and months since I have seen a magnolia or
jasmine.' Fate sent Miss Morris to the parlor just then, luckily enough,
perhaps, and the first dash of rain from the coming storm struck the
windows sharply. Miss Berkeley shivered; a gray shadow swept up over her
face, and absorbed all the gleam and unrest. She moved off with her book
to a window; shut herself out from the room, and into the storm, 
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