She was an immense girl, quite six feet tall, broad and well-made, in proportion.

She was very handsome, full-throated, heavy-eyed, and slow in her movements.
Her eyes and mouth, like everything about her, were large, but each time she spoke or smiled, she disclosed her teeth, which were as white, as well-set, and as regular as the rows of kernels on an ear of green corn.
In her ears were small yellow diamonds, the only jewellery she wore.
There was no perceptible cosmetic on her face, which had a clean and healthy look as though she had just given it a vigorous washing.
She wore a black hat with a great flare to the brim on one side.

It was trimmed very dashingly with black feathers, imitation jet, and a little puff of plush--robin's-egg blue.

Her dress was of rough, black camel's hair, tailor-made, and but for the immense balloon sleeves, absolutely plain.

It was cut in such a way that from neck to waist there was no break, the buttons being on the shoulder and under the arm.