" "I beg
your lordship's pardon," said John, "I only mean to say that I think we
shouldn't trouble ourselves about a few stones." But the family lawyer,
Mr. Camperdown, would by no means take this view of the matter. It was,
however, generally thought that the young widow opened her campaign more
prudently than had been expected.
And now as so much has been said of the character and fortune and special
circumstances of Lizzie Greystock, who became Lady Eustace as a bride, and
Lady Eustace as a widow and a mother, all within the space of twelve
months, it may be as well to give some description of her person and
habits, such as they were at the period in which our story is supposed to
have its commencement. It must be understood in the first place that she
was very lovely; much more so, indeed, now than when she had fascinated
Sir Florian. She was small, but taller than she looked to be, for her form
was perfectly symmetrical. Her feet and hands might have been taken as
models by a sculptor. Her figure was lithe, and soft, and slim, and
slender. If it had a fault it was this, that it had in it too much of
movement. There were some who said that she was almost snake-like in her
rapid bendings and the almost too easy gestures of her body; for she was
much given to action and to the expression of her thought by the motion of
her limbs.
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