Miss Catherine (Kitty) Charing
Miss Charing was a rather diminutive brunette. She had a neat figure, very pretty hands and feet, and a
countenance which owned much to a pair of large, dark eyes. Their expression was one of candour and
of innocence, and she had a habit of fixing them earnestly (and sometimes disconcertingly) upon the face
of any interlocuter. She had a slightly retrousse nose, a short upper-lip, a decided chin, and a profusion
of dusky curls, which were dressed in the demure style which found favour in the eyes of her guardian
and her governess. She wore a round robe of green cambric, with a high waist and long sleeves, and one
narrow flounce. A small gold locket was suspended round her throat by a ribbon. It was her only
ornament.
(ch. ii)