Books with title Gypsy and Ginger

When Gypsy and Ginger got married--Oh, but before that I ought to say that those were not their names.Hers was the name of the most beautiful of women, and his the name ofthe most victorious of men. But they were not a bit like that really.Parents make these mistakes, and the false prophecies they invent fortheir infants at the font continue to be their delusions through life.But nobody else’s. As they grow up the children find their level, andare called according to their deserts. And so Gypsy was called Gypsybecause his hair wasn’t really quite as black as a gypsy’s; and Gingerwas called Ginger because her hair was the sort of hair that those whoadore it love to insult. It was anything but ginger; or rather, itwas everything besides. Such as mace, and cinnamon, and nutmeg, andcayenne, and ochre, and burnt sienna, and vandyke brown and a touch ofchrome no. 3; and one hair, named Vivien, was pure vermilion. It wasa ridiculous mixture really, and resembled the palette of an artisttrying to paint beechwoods in Autumn. No, it didn’t; it resembled thebeechwoods. In thinking of Ginger’s hair you must begin again, and washout all the above colours, which are not really colours, but paints.Ginger’s hair, like all the colours of earth and sky, was made offire and light. That is why colours can never be painted. I’m sorryto have gone on so long about Ginger’s hair, but I couldn’t help it;yet I should have been able to, for the hair itself was short. Whenshe combed it over her head and face it hung as low as her upper lip,and so on all the way round, very smooth on the top, very thick at thebottom, and doing a lovely serpentine in and out just below the levelof her eyebrows. When it got to her lip it did another one in, andnever came out again. . .

Excerpt from Gypsy and GingerTherefore Ginger knew that the cottage had got to be hers. She went to the Pub to ask about it, and the Pub gave her shandygaff and cheese and said it belonged to the Blacksmith.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.