girlish
dress she
commonly
wore,
befitting
her age
more than
her
position:
a low
frock with
short
sleeves,
and
nothing on
either
head or
neck. The
frock was
of light
silk, and
clung to
her with
wet, and
her feet
were
protected
merely by
thin
slippers;
add to
this a
deep cut
under one
ear, which
only the
cold
prevented
from
bleeding
profusely,
a white
face
scratched
and
bruised,
and a
frame
hardly
able to
