This gentleman loved the mountains; the sight of him breathed mountain air.

To see him next day was her anticipation: for it would be at the skirts of hilly forest land, where pinetrees are a noble family, different from the dusty firs of the weariful plains, which had tired her eyes of late.
Baden was her first peep at the edges of the world since she had grown to be a young woman.

She had but a faint idea of the significance of gambling.

The brilliant lights, the band music, the sitting groups and company of promenaders were novelties; the Ball of the ensuing night at the Schloss would be a wonder, she acknowledged in response to Henrietta, who was trying to understand her; and she admired her ball-dress, she said, looking unintelligently when she heard that she would be guilty of slaying numbers of gentlemen before the night was over.

Madame Clemence thought her chances in that respect as good as any other young lady's, if only she could be got to feel interested.