Lizzie's eyes were not tender, neither were they true.
But they were surmounted by the most wonderfully pencilled eyebrows that
ever nature unassisted planted on a woman's face.
We have said she was clever. We must add that she had in truth studied
much. She spoke French, understood Italian, and read German. She played
well on the harp, and moderately well on the piano. She sang, at least, in
good taste and good tune. Of things to be learned by reading she knew
much, having really taken diligent trouble with herself. She had learned
much poetry by heart, and could apply it. She forgot nothing, listened to
everything, understood quickly, and was desirous to show not only as a
beauty but as a wit. There were men at this time who declared that she was
simply the cleverest and the handsomest woman in England. As an
independent young woman she was perhaps one of the richest.
CHAPTER III
LUCY MORRIS
Although the first two chapters of this new history have been devoted to
the fortunes and personal attributes of Lady Eustace, the historian begs
his readers not to believe that that opulent and aristocratic Becky Sharp
is to assume the dignity of heroine in the forthcoming pages.
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