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# The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32 · page 2

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- [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/101/) — Then, flinging the feather from her hair, she put her head on her hands, and sobbed passionately.
- [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/102/) — ‘What is the use of being clever when it is beauty that men want?
- [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/103/) — That is what I ought to have asked for.
- [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/104/) — But it is too late, Denis will never come back.’
- [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/105/) — ‘Since you wish it so much you shall have beauty,’ said a voice at her side, and looking round she beheld the old woman leaning on her stick.
- [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/106/) — ‘Fasten this necklace round your neck, and as long as you wear it you will be the most beautiful woman in the world,’ continued the fairy.
- [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/107/) — With a little shriek of joy Tephany took the necklace, and snapping the clasp ran to the mirror which hung in the corner.
- [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/108/) — Ah, this time she was not afraid of Aziliez or of any other girl, for surely none could be as fair and white as she.
- [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/109/) — And with the sight of her face a thought came to her, and putting on hastily her best dress and her buckled shoes she hurried off to the dance.

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