Her eyes were bluer even than her turquoise brooch or the gentians in her hat.

And while his heart was aching and throbbing with doubts and hopes, she suddenly smiled at him.
"I am going to sit down," she announced carelessly.

"Please say to me just what is in your mind, without reserve.

It will be better." She threw herself into a low chair near the window.

Her hands were folded in her lap.