Madeleine was indescribable; Sybil was transparent.

Madeleine was of medium height with a graceful figure, a well-set head, and enough golden-brown hair to frame a face full of varying expression.

Her eyes were never for two consecutive hours of the same shade, but were more often blue than grey.

People who envied her smile said that she cultivated a sense of humour in order to show her teeth.

Perhaps they were right; but there was no doubt that her habit of talking with gesticulation would never have grown upon her unless she had known that her hands were not only beautiful but expressive.
She dressed as skilfully as New York women do, but in growing older she began to show symptoms of dangerous unconventionality.