"
"I am charmed," said the Peruvian, bowing, hat in hand, "and in
turn, allow me, ladies, to introduce my daughter, Donna Inez de
Gayangos."
Archie was also presented to the Don and to the young lady, after
which Lucy and Mrs. Jasher, while not appearing to look, made a
thorough examination of the lady with whom Random was in love.
No doubt Donna Inez was making an examination on her own account,
and with the cleverness of the sex the three women, while
chatting affably, learned all that there was to be learned from
the outward appearance of each other in three minutes. Miss
Kendal could not deny but what Donna Inez was very beautiful, and
frankly admitted--inwardly, of course--her own inferiority.
She was merely pretty, whereas the Peruvian lady was truly
handsome and quite majestic in appearance.
Yet about Donna Inez there was the same indefinite barbaric look
as characterized her father. Her face was lovely, dark and proud
in expression, but there was an aloofness about it which puzzled
the English girl. Donna Inez might have belonged to a race
populating another planet of the solar system. She had large
black, melting eyes, a straight Greek nose and perfect mouth, a
well-rounded chin and magnificent hair, dark and glossy as the
wing of the raven, which was arranged in the latest Parisian
style of coiffure.
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