He was evidently quite unaware of her proximity, for his glance never once strayed in her direction, and, gradually gaining courage as she appreciated this, Diana ventured to let her eyes turn frequently during the service towards the pew where the newcomers were sitting.
That they were strangers to the neighbourhood she was sure; she had certainly never seen either of the two women before.

The elder of the two was a plump, round-faced little lady, with bright brown eyes, and pretty, crinkly brown hair lightly powdered with grey.

She was very fashionably dressed, and the careful detail of her toilet pointed to no lack of means.

The younger woman, too, was exquisitely turned out, but there was something so individual about her personality that it dominated everything else, relegating her clothes to a very secondary position.

As in the case of an unusually beautiful gem, it was the jewel itself which impressed one, rather than the setting which framed it round.
She was very fair, with quantities of pale golden hair rather elaborately dressed, and her eyes were blue--not the keen, brilliant blue of those of the man beside her, but a soft blue-grey, like the sky on a misty summer's morning.
Her small, exquisite features were clean-cut as a cameo, and she carried herself with a little touch of hauteur--an air of aloofness, as it were.