The Opposite House: A Novel — page 63: what you’re looking at

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58 The Opposite House. hue so beautiful in Oriental women—a face to which the slight arch of the nose gave an expression of character. The eyes were large and bright—spark- ling, yet often dreamy; veiled, as it were, by be- witching melancholy, then sparkling with sudden passion. The delicately outlined brows harmonized with the scarlet lips, which, curled as if in mockery, revealed the little white teeth; a mischievous ex- pression often hovered around them; pouting and drollery alternated with every shade of emotion. “A clever, interesting woman!’ was the verdict of D——, whose society people could not sufficiently praise the beauty of the young baroness. “A little spitfire, full of delightful caprices !” was probably added, and then the thousand and one charming bits of mischief which she so well understood how to enact were repeated. Verja lived in very handsome style. She had matried Frau von Rotterswyl’s youngest brother, his highness’s adjutant, Baron von Kartegg, who idolized his charming wife and made her the star and center of society in D——. “Do you know, Marie,” said the young aunt, laughing, “that I had quite an interesting expert- ence a short time ago? Just think, a few weeks since Herr von Esen presented to me a young doc- tor of laws, black and white as marble—very bril- liant effect—and who can talk, oh, wonderfully! I Comicbooks.c©