She was very tall and slight, her dark hair was twisted into a single knot at the back of her shapely head, her features were small, her face fair in colouring and somewhat rounded in form.

So much he saw at a glance, but it was not until she looked up and round her that Leonard discovered the girl's peculiar glory, the glory of her eyes.

Then and in that light he was unable to distinguish their colour, a difficult task at any time, for they varied from grey to blue according to the shadows which fell upon them, but he could see that they were wide and splendid, fearless and yet soft.

For the rest she was clad in an Arab robe richly worked, and wore sandals upon her feet.
Juanna stopped in front of the verandah and searched it with her eyes.
Presently they ceased their searching and she spoke in a clear, sweet voice.
"What do you want with me now, Dom Antonio Pereira ?" she said.
"My dove," he answered in his coarse, mocking tones, "do not be angry with your slave.

I promised you, my dove, that I would find a husband for you, and now all these gallant gentlemen are gathered for the choice.