There was something touching in the two preferences.

Bettina was the image of Charles, just as Modeste was the reproduction of her mother.

Both parents continued their love for each other in their children.

Bettina, a daughter of Provence, inherited from her father the beautiful hair, black as a raven's wing, which distinguishes the women of the South, the brown eye, almond-shaped and brilliant as a star, the olive tint, the velvet skin as of some golden fruit, the arched instep, and the Spanish waist from which the short basque skirt fell crisply.

Both mother and father were proud of the charming contrast between the sisters.