It did not escape her that the Englishman of the two hurried for the chance of an introduction, nor that he suddenly, after putting a question to a man beside him, retired.

She spoke of them to Emma as they drove home.

'The princess's partner in the first quadrille...

Hungarian, I suppose?
He was like a Tartar modelled by a Greek: supple as the Scythian's bow, braced as the string! He has the air of a born horseman, and valses perfectly.

I won't say he was handsomer than a young Englishman there, but he had the advantage of soldierly training.