They rose when she entered--a small, fat woman in black, with a thin
gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaning
on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. Her skeleton was small and
spare; perhaps that was why what would have been merely plumpness in
another was obesity in her. She looked bloated, like a body long
submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. Her eyes, lost in
the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed
into a lump of dough as they moved from one face to another while the
visitors stated their errand.
They rose when she entered--a small, fat woman in black, with a thingold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaningon an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. Her skeleton was small andspare; perhaps that was why what would have been merely plumpness inanother was obesity in her. She looked bloated, like a body longsubmerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. Her eyes, lost inthe fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressedinto a lump of dough as they moved from one face to another while thevisitors stated their errand.
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