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His wife was also red--and the only
living member of the next generation is red, too, as you see."
"You are not red. Your hair is a most wonderful auburn, if I may say
so."
She showed no appreciation of the compliment.
"It will soon be grey," she answered.


CHAPTER IX
A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE

Albert Redmayne, holding it his duty to come to England, did so, and
Jenny met him at Dartmouth after his long journey.
He was a small, withered man with a big head, great, luminous eyes,
and a bald scalp. Such hair as yet remained to him was the true
Redmayne scarlet; but the nimbus that still adorned his naked skull
was streaked with silver and his thin, long beard was also grizzled.
He spoke in a gentle, kindly voice, with little Southern gestures.
He was clad in a great Italian cloak and a big, slouchy hat, which
between them, almost served to extinguish the bookworm.
"Oh, that Peter Ganns were here!" he sighed again and again, while
he thrust himself as near as possible to a great coal fire, and
Jenny told him every detail of the tragedy.


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