That no one could see she was there:
It may not seem decent
To be so translucent,
But we pardon all things to the fair.
From The Smile on the Face of the Tiger [1909]. Calligraphic illustration by Pedro Díaz Morante [1631] from Pictorial Calligraphy and Ornamentation, ed. Edmund V. Gillon, Jr. (Dover Books, 1972).· · · · · · · · · · · · ·
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