Miss Drusilla Morville
Her gown, which was of white
sarsnet, with a pink body, and long sleeves, buttoned
tightly round her wrists, was unadorned by the frills of lace
or knots of floss with which young ladies of fashion usually
embellished their dresses. On the other hand, it was cut low
across her plump bosom, in a way which would scarcely
have been tolerated in a hired companion; and she wore a
very pretty ornament suspended on a gold chain round her
throat. Nor was them any trace of obsequiousness in her
manner. She inaugurated no conversation, but when she
was addressed she answered with composure, and readily.
A pink riband, threaded through them, kept her neat curls in
place. These were mouse-coloured, and very simply
arranged. Her countenance was pleasing without being
beautiful, her best feature being a pair of dark eyes, well-
opened and straight-gazing. Her figure was trim, but sadly
lacking in height, and she was rather short-necked.
(ch. ii)