He and Janet together unpacked the mirror and hung it on the parlour wall . `` I never saw such a big one , Master , '' said Janet rather doubtfully , as if , after all , she distrusted its gleaming , pearly depth and richly ornamented frame . `` I hope it wo n't make her vain . She is very bonny , but it may not do her any good to know it . '' `` It wo n't harm her , '' said Eric confidently . `` When a belief in her ugliness has n't spoiled a girl a belief in her beauty wo n't . '' But Janet did not understand epigrams . She carefully removed a little dust from the polished surface , and frowned meditatively at the by no means beautiful reflection she saw therein . `` I can not think what made Kilmeny suppose she was ugly , Master . '' `` Her mother told her she was , '' said Eric , rather bitterly . `` Ah ! '' Janet shot a quick glance at the picture of her sister . `` Was that it ? Margaret was a strange woman , Master . I suppose she thought her own beauty had been a snare to her . She WAS bonny . That picture does n't do her justice . I never liked it . It was taken before she was -- before she met Ronald Fraser . We none of us thought it very like her at the time .
But , Master , three years later it was like her -- oh , it was XXXXX her then !
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