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At her throat is a garnet brooch, on her finger a ring set with rubies--an engagement ring.
There's plenty of money to be made in a big commercial city.
Becky, who was not expected to partake of refreshments, had the indiscretion to linger a moment to look at these beauties--it really was an indiscretion.
Every green leaf, every blade of grass and blade of grain, was as shrivelled and poor as the miserable people.