Seen now, in broad daylight, she looked tall, fair, and shapely; brown eyes with a benignant light in their irids, and a fine pencilling of long lashes round, relieved the whiteness of her large front; on each of her temples her hair, of a very dark brown, was clustered in round curls, according to the fashion of those times, when neither smooth bands nor long ringlets were in vogue; her dress, also in the mode of the day, was of purple cloth, relieved by a sort of Spanish trimming of black velvet; a gold watch (watches were not so common then as now) shone at her girdle.
Vue en plein jour, elle m'apparut belle, grande et bien faite; dans ses yeux bruns brillait une vive bienveillance; ses sourcils longs et bien dessinés relevaient la blancheur de son front. Ses cheveux, d'une teinte foncée, s'étageaient en petites boucles sur chacune de ses tempes.