They talked as they went, and Carnac saw she was of the lower middle-class, with more refinement than was common in that class, and more charm.

She was a fascinating girl with fine black eyes, black hair, a complexion of cream, and a gift of the tongue.

Carnac could not see that she was very subtle.

She seemed a marvel of guilelessness.

She had a wonderful head and neck, and as he was planning a picture of an early female martyr, he decided to ask her to sit to him.
Arrived at her humble home, he was asked to enter, and there he met her father, Isel Larue, a French monarchist who had been exiled from Paris for plotting against the Government.