"Aylmer," said Georgiana, "I do not know what the cost would be to both of us to remove this birthmark.

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He had imagined himself with his assistant Aminadab trying to remove the birthmark with an operation.

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Soon,the birthmark caused him more pain than Georgiana's beauty had ever given him pleasure.

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And the birthmark would stand out like a red jewel on white stone.

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The birthmark would come and go with the emotions in her heart.

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