The pallor of her cheeks, which might have seemed like an inheritance of fragility, was counteracted by the softness of her skin and the healthy colour of her curving lips.

She bore his scrutiny so impersonally, with such sweet and challenging interest, that he persisted in it.

Her brown hair was almost troublesome in its prodigality.

There were little curls about her neck which defied restraint.

Her cool muslin gown, even to his untutored perceptions, revealed a distinction which the first dressmaker in London had endorsed.