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Chapter 4

           Ifmildnesswerethemorenaturalexpressionofsuchacombinationoffeatures,itwasplain,thatinthepresentinstance,theexerciseofhabitualsuperiority,andthereceptionofgeneralhomage,hadgiventotheSaxonladyaloftiercharacter,whichmingledwithandqualifiedthatbestowedbynature.Herprofusehair,ofacolourbetwixtbrownandflaxen,wasarrangedinafancifulandgracefulmannerinnumerousringlets,toformwhicharthadprobablyaidednature.Theselockswerebraidedwithgems,and,beingwornatfulllength,intimatedthenoblebirthandfree-bornconditionofthemaiden.Agoldenchain,towhichwasattachedasmallreliquaryofthesamemetal,hungroundherneck.Sheworebraceletsonherarms,whichwerebare.Herdresswasanunder-gownandkirtleofpalesea-greensilk,overwhichhungalonglooserobe,whichreachedtotheground,havingverywidesleeves,whichcamedown,however,verylittlebelowtheelbow.Thisrobewascrimson,andmanufacturedoutoftheveryfinestwool.Aveilofsilk,interwovenwithgold,wasattachedtotheupperpartofit,whichcouldbe,atthewearer’spleasure,eitherdrawnoverthefaceandbosomaftertheSpanishfashion,ordisposedasasortofdraperyroundtheshoulders.

           WhenRowenaperceivedtheKnightTemplar’seyesbentonherwithanardour,that,comparedwiththedarkcavernsunderwhichtheymoved,gavethemtheeffectoflightedcharcoal,shedrewwithdignitytheveilaroundherface,asanintimationthatthedeterminedfreedomofhisglancewasdisagreeable.

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