Moreover, it shone with a life of its own as though it had been dusted with gold.

From between the masses of this hair appeared a face which I can only call divine.

There was every beauty that woman can boast, from the curving eyelashes of extraordinary length to the sweet and human mouth.

To these charms also were added a wondrous smile and an air of kind dignity, very different from the fierce pride stamped upon the countenance of the old man who was her companion in death.
She was clothed in some close-fitting robe of white broidered with gold; pearls were about her neck, lying far down upon the perfect bosom, a girdle of gold and shining gems encircled her slender waist, and on her little feet were sandals fastened with red stones like rubies.

In truth, she was a splendid creature, and yet, I know not how, her beauty suggested more of the spirit than of the flesh.