`` Bessie 's much the same , Miss Lesley , '' she said , in answer to Marian 's inquiry . `` The doctor you sent was here today and did all he could for her . He seemed quite hopeful . She do n't complain or nothing -- just lies there and moans . Sometimes she gets restless . It 's very kind of you to come so often , Miss Lesley . Here , Magdalen , will you put this basket the lady 's brought up there on the shelf ? '' A girl , who had been sitting unnoticed with her back to the visitors , at the head of the child 's cot in one corner of the room , stood up and slowly turned around . Marian and Esterbrook Elliott both started with involuntary surprise . Esterbrook caught his breath like a man suddenly awakened from sleep . In the name of all that was wonderful , who or what could this girl be , so little in harmony with her surroundings ? Standing in the crepuscular light of the corner , her marvellous beauty shone out with the vivid richness of some rare painting . She was tall , and the magnificent proportions of her figure were enhanced rather than marred by the severely plain dress of dark print that she wore . The heavy masses of her hair , a shining auburn dashed with golden foam , were coiled in a rich , glossy knot at the back of the classically modelled head and rippled back from a low brow whose waxen fairness even the breezes of the ocean had spared . The girl 's face was a full , perfect oval , with features of faultless regularity , and the large , full eyes were of tawny hazel , darkened into inscrutable gloom in the dimness of the corner . Not even Marian Lesley 's face was more delicately tinted , but not a trace of colour appeared in the smooth , marble-like cheeks ; yet the waxen pallor bore no trace of disease or weakness , and the large , curving mouth was of an intense crimson . She stood quite motionless . There was no trace of embarrassment or self-consciousness in her pose . When Mrs. Barrett said , `` This is my niece , Magdalen Crawford , '' she merely inclined her head in grave , silent acknowledgement . As she moved forward to take Marian 's basket , she seemed oddly out of place in the low , crowded room .
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