Notwithstanding the severely cut riding habit and the hard little hat, he decided that he had never looked into a more attractively feminine face.

For some occult reason, unconnected, he was sure, with the use of any skin food or face cream, this young woman who had the reputation of living out of doors, winter and summer, had a complexion which, notwithstanding its faint shade of tan, would have passed muster for delicacy and clearness in any Mayfair drawing-room.
Her eyes were soft and brown, her hair a darker shade of the same colour.

Her mouth, for all its firmness, was soft and pleasantly curved.

Her tone, though a trifle imperative, was kindly, gracious and full of musical quality.

Her figure was moderately slim, but indistinguishable at that moment under her long coat.