millihelen

millihelen
A unit of measure of pulchritude, corresponding to the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.

Now Maria seems to me to be a wonder in every respect that I have had the pleasure of examining, and her clothes are plainly not meant to conceal defects. So what do we say? Id say 850 millihelens for Maria. anybody bid higher?


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