"[...]Mr. Perry surveyed his friend's friends good-humoredly. "Brand new rugs and cushions," he said. "First voyage. Heavens! I wish it were my first voyage, and that I had their appetite for Europe." "You might as well ask for your relish of the bread and butter of your youth," said Watts. The two men leaned lazily against the bulwark watching the other passengers who were squabbling about trunks. Mr. Perry suddenly stood upright as a group of women passed. "Do you know who that girl is?" he said eagerly. "The one who ...
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"[...]Mr. Perry surveyed his friend's friends good-humoredly. "Brand new rugs and cushions," he said. "First voyage. Heavens! I wish it were my first voyage, and that I had their appetite for Europe." "You might as well ask for your relish of the bread and butter of your youth," said Watts. The two men leaned lazily against the bulwark watching the other passengers who were squabbling about trunks. Mr. Perry suddenly stood upright as a group of women passed. "Do you know who that girl is?" he said eagerly. "The one who looked back at us over her shoulder." "No. They are only a lot of school-girls, personally conducted. That is the teacher in front." "Of course, I see that. But the short, dark one-surely I know that woman." The doctor looked after her. "She looks like a dog turning into a human being," he said leisurely. "One often sees such cases of arrested evolution. D'ye see? Thick lips, coarse curls, flat nostrils--" Perry laughed. "The eyes, anyhow, are quite human," he said. "They challenge the whole world of men. I can't place her!" staring after her, perplexed. "I[...]."
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