To one of these the chief walked, and raising the mat he led the way into another grotto like the last, with the same bright lights and the same adornments, but of smaller size.

Here I saw someone who at once took up all my attention.
It was a young maiden.

Her face and form, but especially her eyes, showed her to be of quite a different race from these others.

To me she was of medium height, yet she was taller than any of the people here that I had hitherto seen.

Her complexion was much lighter; her hair was dark, luxuriant, and wavy, and arranged in a coiffure secured with a golden band.