Excerpt from Le Masque de Velours
La personne qui venaitde donner cet or dre si péremptoire, était une jeune femme de vingt trois à vingt quatre ans; brune grande, la taille svelte et bien prise, elle avait une de ces natures méridionales, qui ac casent la distinction de race la force et la richesse du sang. Il était facile de voir à sa physionomie expressive et mobile, au mouvement de ses noirs sourcils, qu'elle avaitune volonté ferme, énergique, indomp table; mais, dans son regard plein de flamme, dans le sourire charmant de sa bouche il y avait aussi un air de bienveillance et de gé nérosité, qui prévenait tout d'abord.
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