She hurried back to her bedchamber and peered into the looking glass. How would a man of the world like Colonel Bond perceive the mousy Miss Huntington? She did look awfully pale. Unbeknownst to Mama, Charlotte had nicked one of Mama's old French rouge pots after Mama made it known she abhorred anything to do with those nasty Frenchies. Owing to her mother’s strictures, Charlotte had never before used rouge. But today she would. Very subtly. It wouldn’t do to look like a doxy. A moment later, she had located the French rouge. Throughout her childhood, she had watched with fascination as her mother applied it. Charlotte had always thought it enhanced a lady’s appearance. If used subtly.Moving even closer to the looking glass, she began to apply it. Her first attempt was too obvious. She wiped it off, then reapplied less than half the amount she’d first used. It was astonishing, really, how natural it looked the second time. Except that mousy Miss Huntington never in her life had natural rose in her cheeks.
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