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The Years of Authority
The Woman and the Serpent | page 155

She looked as she sat there the ideal of the gentle, kindly old lady, who had led an uneventful life and who was enjoying the peace and quiet of a conscience-clear old age. The lines of her face were soft, and there was nothing about her in repose to indicate the force of character and genius which she is credited with possessing.