Excerpt from The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance But not having yet completed our description of the charming Bordelaise, we must add that she possessed a rich southern complexion, fine, sparkling, black eyes, shaded by long dark eyelashes, and overarched by jetty brows and that her raven hair was combed back and gathered in a large roll over her smooth forehead, which had the five points of beauty complete. Over this she wore a prettily conceived coif, with a frontlet. A well-starched, well-plaited rufl' encompassed her throat. Her upper lip was darkened, but in the slightest degree, by down like the softest silk; and this peculiarity (a peculiarity it would be in an English woman, though frequently observable in the beauties of the south of France) lent additional piquancy and zest to her charms in the eyes of her numerous adorers. Her ankles we have said were trim; and it may be added that they were oftener displayed in an em broidered French velvet shoe than in one of Spanish leather while inlwalking out she increased her stature by the altitude of a chopine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.