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whiteness, and no painter had ever traced a cheek of lovelierexpressed that calravity which is the true poetry of the immaterial soul, and

which was co artists of the North before

the an art had been transmitted to them from

the South

Mary Van de Werve was most richly attired; but there was in her dress an

absence of ornae at that period of extreme pomp

and shoaist of sky-blue velvet encircled her slender fore folds to her feet Only on her open sleeves

appeared soold thread, and the clasp which fastened the chairdle was encrusted with precious stones

All her surroundings betokened her father's opulence: large stained-glass

s, covered with the ars of his ancestors, cast their

varied hues upon the inlaidexquisite statuary froed along the walls; an ivory crucifix sur holy water Even the massive

andirons, which stood in the broad fireplace, were partly of gold and

ornamented with the coat of arms