When she was not actually riding or fencing, or doing something of the sort, there was a languor in her movements and her manner which told that she had no great vital force upon which to draw.

Those who already know something of her story, will remember that her life was short as well as sad.
She watched Veronica with interest, noting how suddenly the girl changed and developed in her new liberty.

She had never suspected her of many tastes and inclinations which now showed themselves for the first time.
She found that a certain simplicity of view and judgment which she had set down to girlish innocence, was, in reality, the natural bent of Veronica's character.

There was a fearless directness in the girl's ways, which delighted Bianca Corleone.
The two young women were alone one afternoon, not long after Veronica had come, when Taquisara and Gianluca appeared together.

It was a part of Bianca's way of showing her indifference to the world, to receive any one who came, whenever she was at home.