On these several ladies were reclining, who rose as the head of the family approached.

One who seemed by her manner to be the mistress, and by her resemblance to some of her younger companions the mother, of the family, wore a sort of light golden half-helmet on the head, and over this, falling round her half-way to the waist, a crimson veil, intended apparently to protect her head and neck from the sun as much as to conceal them.

Her face was partially uncovered.
The dress of all was, except in colour and in certain omissions and additions, much the same.

The under-garments must have been slight in material and few in number.

Nothing was to be seen of them save the sleeves, which were of a delicate substance, resembling that of the finest Parisian kid gloves, but far softer and finer.