charlotte

The braids of my dark hair were touched by no frost; my white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in my bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night; yet queenly i looked, and thought and knowledge were in my glance, as of one who has known many things that the years bring. Above my brow my head was covered with a cap of silver lace netted with small gems, glittering white; but my soft grey raiment had no ornament save a girdle of leaves wrought in silver."