Her couch was drawn up close to the fire, and she appeared to be in better health than usual.

Standing at the door, Mallow thought she made a pretty picture.

She had on a white wrapper trimmed with gold lace, and as usual, wore a profusion of jewelry.

Across the lower part of the couch was flung a gorgeous purple coverlet of eastern manufacture, and what with the brilliant colors and the glitter of precious stones, she looked remarkably eastern herself.

Mallow noticed particularly how Jewish she was in appearance, and wondered how he could have been so blind as not to have remarked it before.