"Now, tell me one secret," I exclaimed, when the excitement began to
abate a little. "Why is green the principal color in my clothes, when no
other person in the house wears more than a very little of it?"
I had no sooner spoken than I heartily wished that I had held my peace;
for it all at once occurred to me that green was perhaps the color for
an alien or mere hireling, in which light they perhaps regarded me.
"Oh, Smith, can you not guess so simple a thing?" said Edra, placing her
white hands on my shoulders and smiling straight into my face.
How beautiful she looked, standing there with her eyes so near to mine!
"Tell me why, Edra?" I said, still with a lingering apprehension.
"Why, look at the color of my eyes and skin--would this green tint be
suitable for me to wear?"
"Oh, is that the reason!" cried I, immensely relieved. "I think, Edra,
you would look very beautiful in any color that is on the earth, or in
the rainbow above the earth. But am I so different from you all?"
"Oh yes, quite different--have you never looked at yourself? Your skin
is whiter and redder, and your hair has a very different color.
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