"The little barmaid must be tempting to a man, being pretty and--" "Beautiful, Sarah!" I interrupted.
"Yes, beautiful, if you will." "Her eyes--" I began, again interrupting Sarah.
"Oh, yes!" cried Sarah, impatiently.

"Her eyes are fine enough, but their expression comes from their color, their size, and their preposterously long eyelashes.

Black long lashes often give a radiance to the eyes which passes for expressiveness, and I doubt not--" "Nonsense, Sarah!" I cried, half angrily.

"Bettina's eyes are expressive in themselves.

As you say, their soft dark brown is the perfection of color, and they certainly are large.