At least Charlotte thought so and wished at once that she knew how to make them laugh . Besides , the Lady had lovely golden hair and the most beautiful pink cheeks , and Charlotte , who had mouse-coloured hair and any number of freckles , had an unbounded admiration for golden locks and roseleaf complexions . The Lady was dressed in black , which Charlotte did n't like , principally because the matron of the asylum wore black and Charlotte did n't -- exactly -- like the matron . When the Pretty Lady with the Blue Eyes had gone by , Charlotte drew a long breath . `` If I could pick out a mother I 'd pick out one that looked just like her , '' she said . Nice things sometimes happen close together , even in an orphan asylum , and that very evening Charlotte discovered the southeast gap and found herself peering into the most beautiful garden you could imagine , a garden where daffodils and tulips grew in great ribbon-like beds , and there were hedges of white and purple lilacs , and winding paths under blossoming trees . It was such a garden as Charlotte had pictured in happy dreams and never expected to see in real life . And yet here it had been all the time , divided from her only by a high board fence . `` I would n't have s ` posed there could be such a lovely place so near an orphan asylum , '' mused Charlotte . `` It 's the very loveliest place I ever saw . Oh , I do wish I could go and walk in it . Well , I do declare ! If there is n't a lady in it , too ! '' Sure enough , there was a lady , helping an unruly young vine to run in the way it should go over a little arbour . Charlotte instantly named her the Tall Lady with the Black Eyes . She was not nearly so young or so pretty as the Lady with the Blue Eyes , but she looked very kind and jolly . I 'd like her for an aunt , reflected Charlotte . Not for a mother -- oh , no , not for a mother , but for an aunt . I know she 'd make a splendid aunt . And , oh , just look at her cat !
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