Sometimes people wondered that parents so handsome should have a daughter who was so far from regularly beautiful; not beautiful at all, was occasionally said. Her mouth was wide; no rosebud that could only open just enough to let out a ‘yes’ and ‘no’ and ‘an’t please you, sir.’

Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

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