Fourthly, came this gentleman's wife, a pretty, slatternish woman, much painted.

She usually performed the second female--the confidante, the chambermaid--the Emilia to the Desdemona.

And fifthly, was Percy's new inamorata,--a girl of about one-and-twenty, fair, with a nez retrousse: beautiful auburn hair, that was always a little dishevelled; the prettiest mouth, teeth, and dimple imaginable; a natural colour; and a person that promised to incline hereafter towards that roundness of proportion which is more dear to the sensual than the romantic.

This girl, whose name was Fanny Millinger, was of so frank, good-humoured, and lively a turn, that she was the idol of the whole company, and her superiority in acting was never made a matter of jealousy.

Actors may believe this, or not, as they please.
"But is this all your company ?" said Percy.
"All?
no!" replied Fanny, taking off her bonnet, and curling up her tresses by the help of a dim glass.