I think I must consult him, for I am sure I don't look half as well as you do." And indeed she did not.

I thought she had a tired, dragged appearance, but I would not say so.

I knew her well, and I was perfectly aware that though she was fascinating and elegant in every way, her life was too much engrossed in trifles ever to yield her healthy satisfaction.
After responding warmly to her affectionate greeting, I said: "Amy, you must allow me to introduce the sister of my doctor to you.
Madame Zara Casimir--Mrs.Everard." Zara, who had moved aside a little way out of delicacy, to avoid intruding on our meeting, now turned, and with her own radiant smile and exquisite grace, stretched out her little well-gloved hand.
"I am delighted to know you!" she said, in those sweet penetrating accents of hers which were like music.

"YOUR friend," here indicating me by a slight yet tender gesture, "has also become mine; but I do not think we shall be jealous, shall we ?" Mrs.Everard made some attempt at a suitable reply, but she was so utterly lost in admiration of Zara's beauty, that her habitual self-possession almost deserted her.

Zara, however, had the most perfect tact, and with it the ability of making herself at home anywhere, and we were soon all three talking cheerfully and without constraint.