It was her delight to emphasize her splendid figure by draping it in brilliant reds and yellows.

To anyone who cared to speculate on such a subject it seemed a mystery why her clothes remained on her when she walked.

The laws of gravity seemed to demand that they should loosen with her movements, become detached, and finally drop down.

Nothing of the sort had ever happened, so it must be presumed that she had secret and unconventional ways of fastening them.

Similarly it was not easy to see why her hair stayed upon her head.