14/15 But the Perseus was different; he wore the face of M.Raoul himself. And beneath the throat of the nymph on the right, half concealed in the folds about her bosom, hung a locket--a small enamelled heart, edged with brilliants. Just such a trinket--a brooch--had pinned the collar of her close habit three days before, when she and M.Raoul had stood together discussing the panel. It was a legacy from her mother. The barouche would convey her back to the Town House; but already the snow lay a foot and a half deep, and was still falling. |