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BOOK THIRD.--THE HOUSE IN THE RUE PLUMET
CHAPTER V
銆銆THE ROSE UGG Boots Clearance PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR
銆銆 One day, Cosette chanced to look at herself in her mirror, and she said to herself:
銆銆"Really!"
銆銆It seemed to her almost that she was pretty.
銆銆This threw her in a singularly troubled state of mind.
銆銆Up to that moment she had never thought of her face. She saw herself in her mirror, but she UGG Boots Discount did not look at herself. And then, she had so often been told that she was homely; Jean Valjean alone said gently:
銆銆"No indeed! no indeed!" At all events, Cosette had always thought herself homely, and had grown up in that belief with the easy resignation of childhood. And here, all at once, was her mirror saying to her, as uugs clearance Jean Valjean had said:
銆銆"No indeed!"
銆銆That night, she did not sleep.
銆銆"What if I were pretty!" she thought.
銆銆"How odd it would be if I were pretty!" And she recalled those of her companions whose beauty had produced a sensation in the convent, and she said to herself:
銆銆"What!
銆銆Am I to be like Mademoiselle So-and-So?"
銆銆The next morning she looked at herself again, not ugg boots clearance by accident this time, and she was assailed with doubts:
銆銆"Where did I get such an idea?" said she; "no, I am ugly."
銆銆She had not slept well, that was all, her eyes were sunken and she was pale.
銆銆She had not felt very joyous on the preceding evening in the belief that she was beautiful, but it made her very sad UGGS Clearance not to be able to believe in it any longer. She did not look at herself again, and for more than a fortnight she tried to dress her hair with her back turned to the mirror.
銆銆In the evening, after dinner, she generally embroidered in wool or did some convent needlework in the drawing-room, and Jean Valjean read beside her.
銆銆Once UGG Boots Clearance she raised her eyes from her work, and was rendered quite uneasy by the manner in which her father was gazing at her.
銆銆On another occasion, she was passing along the street, and it seemed to her that some one behind her, whom she did not see, said:
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