Round face, round and earnest eyes, short, self-confident nose, chin sticking out in search of its own way, mouth trembling with unuttered ideas.

Good figure--what Lord Dundreary would call "dem robust," but not so sumptuous as to be merely ornamental; tolerably convenient figure to get about in.

Walks up and down, man-fashion, with her hands behind her back--also man-fashion.

Such is Mrs.Maria Stanley, the sister of Clara Van Diemen's father, and best known to Clara as Aunt Maria.
"And so this is Santa Fe ?" said Aunt Maria, rolling her spectacles over the little wilted city.

"Founded in 1581; two hundred and seventy years old.