They exchanged no kisses, naught but an embrace in which love showed the innocent tenderness of fraternal affection.
Miette was enveloped in a long brown hooded cloak reaching to her feet, and leaving only her head and hands visible.

The women of the lower classes in Provence--the peasantry and workpeople--still wear these ample cloaks, which are called pelisses; it is a fashion which must have lasted for ages.

Miette had thrown back her hood on arriving.

Living in the open air and born of a hotblooded race, she never wore a cap.

Her bare head showed in bold relief against the wall, which the moonlight whitened.