said the young man indifferently . He was not in the least interested in the Boweses ' new boarder . Indeed , he considered her advent a nuisance . He pressed Estella closer to him , and when they reached the garden gate he kissed her . Estella always remembered that moment afterwards . She was so supremely happy . Spencer went off to put up his horse , and Estella waited for him on the porch steps , wondering if any other girl in the world could be quite so happy as she was , or love anyone as much as she loved Spencer . She did not see how it could be possible , because there was only one Spencer . When Spencer came back she took him into the parlour , half shyly , half proudly . He was a handsome fellow , with a magnificent physique . Miss LeMar stopped singing and turned around on the organ stool as they entered . The little room was flooded with a mellow light from the pink-globed lamp on the table , and in the soft , shadowy radiance she was as beautiful as a dream . She wore a dress of crepe , cut low in the neck . Estella had never seen anyone dressed so before . To her it seemed immodest . She introduced Spencer . He bowed awkwardly and sat stiffly down by the window with his eyes riveted on Miss LeMar 's face . Estella , catching a glimpse of herself in the old-fashioned mirror above the mantel , suddenly felt a cold chill of dissatisfaction . Her figure had never seemed to her so stout and stiff , her brown hair so dull and prim , her complexion so muddy , her features so commonplace . She wished Miss LeMar would go out of the room .
Vivienne LeMar watched the two faces before her ; a hard gleam , half mockery , half malice , flashed XXXXX her eyes and a smile crept about her lips .
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