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As Wainwright's well-fitting, well-buttoned glove touched for an instant the poor, cheap imitation, wrinkled and flabby, which covered her hand, he devoutly hoped she would not see the contrast as he saw it.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore