after the present fashion.  She was very dark,—­a dark brunette,—­with large round blue eyes, that could indeed be soft, but could also be very severe.  Her silken hair, almost black, hung in a thousand curls all round her head and neck.  Her cheeks and lips and neck were full, and the blood would come and go, giving a varying expression to her face with almost every word she spoke.  Her nose also was full, and had something of the pug.  But nevertheless it was a nose which any man who loved her would swear to be perfect.  Her mouth was large, and she rarely showed her teeth.  Her chin was full, marked by a large dimple, and as it ran down to her neck was beginning to form a second.  Her bust was full...