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Lovely, Lovely Hair. And Such A Mass Of It. It Had The Colour Of Fresh Fallen Leaves, Brown And Red With
“Lovely, lovely hair. And such a mass of it. It had the colour of fresh fallen leaves, brown and red with a glint of yellow. When she did it in a long plait she felt it on her backbone like a long snake.”
— Katherine Mansfield, from ‘Prelude’, first published in 1918.
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