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In a particularly dry year, the third drought year, and on the day of her funeral, the prostitute Maribel Frangipani drew hundreds of men from across the republic. The men were not there to gaze one last time upon Maribel’s long lashes, or to examine her buttermilk breasts; nor were they there to steal strands of her black hair, the mysterious fragrance of which used to make men come. They were there because Maribel’s mother, Maria Antoinette Guerrera, had summoned each of them to appear before a judge. For fifteen years, Antoinette had waited. Too long had she kept her mouth shut, ever since her daughter, more patient and honorable than she, decided to raise a child on her own.

Bhavishya sits opposite me; she looks like a 10-year-old, a thin 10-year-old, with wrists I could easily encircle with my thumb and forefinger; thighs the circumference of my upper arms. Dark circles underline her eyes, which are downcast under long lashes; a surgical mask covers her nose and mouth

I N 1 9 3 3 , de Lange ~ in Amsterdam described two patients with a complex syndrome associated with characteristic facies and cluster of various congenital anomalies. The primary characteristics include an upturned nose, downturned mouth, confluent eyebrows, long lashes, microbrachycephaly, hirsutism, hypoplastic nipples and umbilicus, low pitched cry, severe retardation of growth and development, and a variety of minor and major skeletal deformities. Subsequently other cases were reported from Europe, and the first cases were reported in the United

Three cases of the Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome are reported with special emphasis on ocular findings, and the literature is briefly summarized. Abnormalities common to all cases of the syndrome are motor and mental retardation, broad thumbs and toes, highly arched palate, and abnormalities of the eyes. These eye abnormalities include various combinations of antimongoloid slant, epicanthus, strabismus, cataract, refractive error, highly arched brows, and long lashes. The possibility of polygenic or multifactorial inheritance is raised.