She was a girl in the first bloom of youth, of particularly fine and well-made figure, with a beautiful face; two dimples in her cheeks giving her a roguish expression, and a pair of lively brown eyes.

A healthy color was in her cheeks, and in the well-cut, seductive little mouth.

Her luxuriant, golden-brown hair, in the fashion of the day, was brushed back in long curls.

She had as her only ornament a pale gold band in her hair, and wore a simple dress of light-flowered material, the high waistband fitting close to the girlish figure.

Conventionality began to assert its rights over nature, and the girl too felt confused at finding herself in the middle of a conversation with a strange man, suddenly shot down at her very feet.
Wilhelm understood and shared her embarrassment, and bowing, he said: "As no doubt we are at the same house, allow me to introduce myself.