Then,--when he had quite made up his mind, he tumbled into his bed and was asleep in five minutes.
Miss Amedroz was a handsome young woman, tall, well-made, active, and full of health.

She carried herself as though she thought her limbs were made for use, and not simply for ease upon a sofa.

Her head and neck stood well upon her shoulders, and her waist showed none of those waspish proportions of which ladies used to be more proud than I believe them to be now, in their more advanced state of knowledge and taste.

There was much about her in which she was like her cousin, as though the blood they had in common between them had given to both the same proportions and the same comeliness.

Her hair was of a dark brown colour, as was his.