Her dog's head was on her knees, and one of her slender hands rested on the black and tan.

Mrs.Colwood admired the picture.

Miss Mallory's sloping shoulders and long waist were well shown by her simple dress of black and closely fitting serge.

Her head crowned and piled with curly black hair, carried itself with an amazing self-possession and pride, which was yet all feminine.

This young woman might talk politics, thought her new friend; no male man would call her prater, while she bore herself with that air.