Her hair was thick, brown and very full, like that of her father, and in all respects, save one, she had an advantage over both her parents.

Her mouth had a sweetness which might not unfairly be called weakness, though that was balanced by a chin of commendable strength.
But the Judge's eyes found at once this vulnerable point in her character as he had found that of her mother.

Delightful the child was, and alert and companionable, with no remarkable gifts, but with a rare charm and sympathy.

Her face was the mirror of her mind, and it had no ulterior thought.

Her mother's face, the Judge had noted, was the foreground of a landscape which had lonely shadows.