If mildness were the more natural expression of such a combination of features, it was plain, that in the present instance, the exercise of habitual superiority, and the reception of general homage, had given to the Saxon lady a loftier character, which mingled with and qualified that bestowed by nature.
Lehet, hogy többnyire szelídség tükröződött rajta, de ebben a percben, amikor az egész terem hódolattal üdvözölte, a szász hölgy büszke, szinte gőgös mozdulattal emelte fel fejét.