She was a pretty girl with a pointed face and blueblack hair. But she was an untidy a dusty sort of girl and you felt that in a few years something might go wrong she might get swollen ankles or...

She was a pretty girl with a pointed face and blueblack hair. But she was an untidy a dusty sort of girl and you felt that in a few years something might go wrong she might get swollen ankles or grow a mustache.
Mavis Gallant

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She and Marie were Montreal girls not trained to accompany heroes or to hold out for dreams but just to be patient.
- Mavis Gallant

She was a pretty girl with a pointed face and blueblack hair. But she was an untidy a dusty sort of girl and you felt that in a few years something might go wrong she might get swollen ankles or grow a mustache. Mavis Gallant

She was a pretty girl with a pointed face and blueblack hair. But she was an untidy a dusty sort of girl and you felt that in a few years something might go wrong she might get swollen ankles or grow a mustache.
Mavis Gallant