I grew up, and improved in beauty, wit, and every graceful accomplishment; and in the midst of pleasures, homage, and the highest expectations. I already began to inspire the men with love. My breast began to take its right form, and such a breast! white, firm, and formed like that of the Venus de' Medici; my eyebrows were as black as jet, and as for my eyes, they darted flames and eclipsed the luster of the stars, as I was told by the poets of our part of the world.
Je croissais en beauté, en grâces, en talents, au milieu des plaisirs, des respects, et des espérances: j'inspirais déjà de l'amour; ma gorge se formait; et quelle gorge! blanche, ferme, taillée comme celle de la Vénus de Médicis; et quels yeux! quelles paupières! quels sourcils noirs! quelles flammes brillaient dans mes deux prunelles, et effaçaient la scintillation des étoiles! comme me disaient les poètes du quartier.