The object of his inspection was idly leaning, and this somewhat disguised her figure.

It might have been tall or short, curvilinear or angular.

She carried a light sunshade which she fitfully twirled until, thrusting it back over her shoulder, her head was revealed sufficiently to show that she wore no hat or bonnet.

This token of her being an inmate of the castle, and not a visitor, rather damped his expectations: but he persisted in believing her look towards the chapel must have a meaning in it, till she suddenly stood erect, and revealed herself as short in stature--almost dumpy--at the same time giving him a distinct view of her profile.

She was not at all like the heroine of the chapel.