Her features were not perhaps very regular, but her glossy black hair was a beauty in itself.

She had a pair of dark, melting eyes, and her wide, high forehead showed that she was gifted with great intelligence.

There was an air of restrained voluptuousness about her, and she seemed the very embodiment of passion.
Paul felt insensibly attracted toward her.

Their eyes met, and both started at the same moment.

Paul was fascinated in an instant, and the girl's emotion was so evident that she turned aside her head to conceal it.
The babel had now commenced again, and general attention was being paid to a lady who was enthusiastically describing the last new costume which had made its appearance in the Bois de Boulogue.
"It was simply miraculous," said she; "a real triumph of Van Klopen's art.