Her eyebrows were so perfect they seem to have been drawn with India ink; but, unhappily the pencil had been used too heavily; and they gave her an unpleasant expression when she frowned.

On the other hand, her smooth complexion had a rich golden pallor; and her black and velvety eyes possessed enormous magnetic power.

Her teeth were of a pearly brilliancy and whiteness, and her hair, of prodigious opulence, was black and fine, and glossy as a raven's wing.
On perceiving Noel, as he pushed aside the silken hangings, she half arose and leaned upon her elbow.

"So you have come at last ?" she observed in a tone of vexation; "you are very kind." The advocate felt almost suffocated by the oppressive temperature of the room.

"How warm it is!" said he; "it is enough to stifle one!" "Do you find it so ?" replied the young woman.