The house is cantilevered over a cliff, like a bird's nest on the muzzle of a memorial cannon. In the driveway is a Jaguar sedan named Black Widow. In the two-story living room is a red canvas swing hung from parachute cords. In the dressing-table mirror is the reason for the house, the car and the swing.
The face is pretty, slightly cute, not startlingly beautiful. It has good bones, in the phrase of the fashion photographers, but it does not have great bones. It grins well, and has mastered the large-eyed look...
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