I suppose the dress must have been for some fancy ball; but she is a hundred million times more beautiful.

I don't know if I shall have the courage to confess my theft to her.' 'Is that your sister, Dick ?' said Joe Atlee, as young Kearney withdrew the carte from the letter, and placed it face downwards on the breakfast-table.
'No,' replied he bluntly, and continued to read on; while the other, in the spirit of that freedom that prevailed between them, stretched out his hand and took up the portrait.
'Who is this ?' cried he, after some seconds.

'She's an actress.

That's something like what the girl wears in _Don Caesar de Bazan_.

To be sure, she is Maritana.