Her complexion is brown; her eyes are very black; over them there is a fringe of iron-grey hair, which she does up in curl-papers every night, and which, in consequence, stands in very tight little curls all day.
Mam'selle Chaplot minds her affairs well; she has a keen eye to the main chance.

She is sometimes sharp, a trifle fiery, but on the whole she is good-natured.

There are lines about the contour of her chin, and also where the neck sweeps upward, which suggest a more than common power of satisfaction in certain things, such as dinners and good sound sleep, and good inn-keeping--yes, and in spring flowers, and in autumn leaves and winter sunsets.

Zilda Chaplot was formed for pleasure, yet there is no tendency latent in her which could have made her a voluptuary.

There are some natures which have so nice a proportion of faculties that they are a law of moderation to themselves.