hair fall s oftly about her faceo It does help 9 Holly thought.; She gazed admiringly at her oval face which before had seemed so peculiarly round 9 a.nd wrinkling her noseg she moved closer to the mirroro It's much too smallp · ~he sighed with disappointmento Tilting her hesd 9 ii:lhe smiled a~ she remembered Joan smiling. Ah.P those ns.rrowed eyes clo . the triok: My face does have poss5.bil""' ities~ My face~ yes 9 but the rest of me. And to think that Audrey Hepburn~ Lazily she ~t~etched acros s the bed and opened her history bo oko With her eyes on Napoleon and her Iilind ~n GeQrge Bourneg she planned her entranc e into the realm of the g~amorou s~
The
echoes
of the no on bell had scarcely faded when
Holly walked into Kimmel~ s Dep~.rtment St ore and strolled determinedly to th_e la.di?s v _ department~ S"ne :f'elt a ro.= diant 9 carlet gl ow enve ~op her fa c e as she dieolosad --her secret to the saleslady-!) and she oouldn °t help gl~noing nervou~ly about as nhG fingered the mer9handise she sought b But the deci sian could not be rushed 9 and sh. thought oarsfully befor mak5.ng her selection" g'P d like to charge them" Will you m~.ke out the tlck~ et f~~ 'hunting equipment~v please?~ Holly asked aa the aal esla~y started ~Titing 9n her pad. "What?" the amazed saleslady exclaimed a.s ~he stratghtr:.n1~d her 'lr;ell-proportioned sirly•=two inoheso ?'Ma.yb~ that i sn 9 t wh~t )rou v d oa.ll them 9 butc:=f.'R"ellg it ~ l be easier to e~lain to my father when he gets tho b:Ll,l, '' '11h? sa.~esl a dy fr::>wned d.isgttstedly 2..3 f!he toz-e ut the carbon and made separate "'Gioket :J, ~.r, ~ a sl)r 9 ID:lot-nng sxuile crept ov-er he:r fa c e as she p.~:n d ed Eolly he- pao~ ag-o.; 91 1b.ank yo.u!) and c0me a.g&i!'.9 " !:he spoke through t~.J. steg _lips., 91 Thank you6" Holly tux-ned hu.rriac'l.ly ~nd ~s.oed b .... twsen the _·oounte:rs and past the a oou~ing c1~rkB6. A:} ahe p~Bse .d ·!;;hrough the door and into th~ sunlight 9 she fel-t Sil.Cldenly relieved to have escaped f!" Olli th e ge.ze of the sa.leE= ladyo rwm on my wa.y 9 she thought tri umphantly~ 9
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