Essays in buff.

Date:
1903
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Essays in buff. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    luncheon-table. The curate stood by the river-brink, his back towards her, his feet, which were planted wide apart, clad in blue cotton socks, his hands clasped behind his head, which bore a straw hat. This completed his costume. The rest were in the garb of Paradise. On a willow-stump, upon the farther side of the stream, her brother stood erect, facing her, though unconscious of her presence. He was a handsome fellow with thick curly hair, and had often been chaffed on his resemblance to the bank clerk in flannels whom a young lady in Punch mistook for a Greek god. Now the flannels lay there discarded, and his sister thought to herself that he was more like a Greek god than ever. A third bather was seated on the bank beside the curate, dangling his legs in the water. The heir of the house was