[The Nameless Castle by Maurus Jokai]@TWC D-Link bookThe Nameless Castle CHAPTER II 15/16
Her mouth is small and delicate.
Indeed, her entire appearance that day was like that of an angel looking down from heaven." "Is she a maid or a married woman ?" inquired one of the company. A maid, in those days, was very easily distinguished from her married sister.
The latter was never seen without a cap. "A young girl not more than fifteen, I should say," was the reply.
"A cap would not suit her face." "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Bernat bacsi.
"And this enchanting fairy opened the window to show her lovely face to Audiat!" "No; she did not open the window on my account," retorted the young man, "but for the beasts that were luckier than I--for four cats that were playing in the gutter of the roof; a white one, a black one, a yellow one, and a gray one; and all of them scampered toward her when they heard her call." "The cats are her only companions--that much we know from the servants," affirmed the justice. The laurels which his clerk had won made the vice-palatine jealous. "Audiat," he said, in a reproving tone, "you ought to learn that a young person should speak only when spoken to; indeed,--as the learned Professor Hatvani says,--even then it is not necessary to answer all questions." But the company around the dinner-table did not share these views.
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