But if his type, though attractive enough, was in its way ordinary, hers was entirely unusual.

She, too, was slim, but so far from being tall, her figure was almost petite.

Her dark brown hair was arranged in perfectly plain braids behind and with a slight fringe in front.

Her complexion was pale.

Her features were almost cameo-like in their delicacy and perfection, but any suggestion of coldness was dissipated at once by the extraordinary expressiveness of her mouth and the softness of her deep blue eyes.