It seemed to me that a great
and manifest improvement was produced in her general appearance.
Instead of being hampered by those silly curls dangling down all
round her face, she now had a round, slick, smooth dome decorated
with a stiff yellowish stubble, and the skin showed through nice
and pink and the ears were well displayed, whereas before they had
been practically hidden. She was also relieved of those foolish
bangs hanging down in her eyes. This, I should have stated,
occurred in the period when womankind of whatsoever age and also
some men wore bangs, a disease from which all have since recovered
with the exception of racehorses and princesses of the various
reigning houses of Europe. And now my little cousin was shut of
those annoying bangs, and her forehead ran up so high that you had
to go round behind her to see where it left off.
Filled with a joyous sense of achievement and conscious of a kindly
deed worthily performed, I took my little cousin by her hand and
led her home.
My mother was waiting for us at the front door.
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