"
At last Miss Tevkin and Miss Siegel entered the dining-room.
Something like a thrill passed through me. I felt like exclaiming,
"At last!"
"That's the one I met you with, isn't it? Not bad-looking," said Mrs.
Kalch
"Which do you mean?"
"'Which do you mean'! The tall one, of course; the one you were so
sweet on.
Not the dwarf with the horse-face."
"They're fine, educated girls, both of them," I rejoined. "Both of
them! As if it was all the same to you!" At this she bent over and
gave me a glare and a smile that brought the color to my face.
"The tall one is certainly not bad-looking, but we don't call that
pretty in this place."
"Are there many prettier ones?" I asked, gaily
"I haven't counted them, but I can show you some girls who shine
like the sun. There is one!" she said, pointing at a girl on the other
side of the aisle. "A regular princess. Don't you think so?"
"She's a pretty girl, all right," I replied, "but in comparison with
that tall one she's like a nice piece of cotton goods alongside of a
piece of imported silk.
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