His features
were regular, and finely-formed; his complexion bright and blooming,—a little
shaded, however, by travel and exposure to the sun; and, with a praiseworthy
contempt for the universal and preposterous fashion then prevailing, of
substituting a peruke for the natural covering of the head, he allowed his own
dark-brown hair to fall over his shoulders in ringlets as luxuriant as those that
distinguished the court gallant in Charles the Second's days—a fashion, which
we do not despair of seeing revived in our own days. It is we who have
become the parasites and toys. She had not made friends with any; so they still eyed her askance. Something in her tone made him look up. She stepped back quickly, and her
hand knocked a wine-glass from the table to smash noisily on the floor. The loneliness of the place somewhat depressed
her. And so your Melusine is busy trying
to prove that she is the real one. One of these, a
lady, evidently a confirmed invalid, and attired in deep mourning, reclined upon
a sort of couch, or easy chair, set on wheels, with her head supported by
cushions, and her feet resting upon a velvet footstool. Then light footsteps became audible, descending the
staircase with a certain deliberation and a faint rustle of skirts.
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