Among these there was one which attracted my mother far above all the rest.

She appeared of a different stock.

The four others were dark-eyed, hardy little vagrants; this child was thin and very fair.

Her hair was the brightest living gold, and despite the poverty of her clothing, seemed to set a crown of distinction on her head.

Her brow was clear and ample, her blue eyes cloudless, and her lips and the moulding of her face so expressive of sensibility and sweetness that none could behold her without looking on her as of a distinct species, a being heaven-sent, and bearing a celestial stamp in all her features.