VII. Queen of Night

           

           EustaciaVyewastherawmaterialofadivinity.OnOlympusshewouldhavedonewellwithalittlepreparation.Shehadthepassionsandinstinctswhichmakeamodelgoddess,thatis,thosewhichmakenotquiteamodelwoman.Haditbeenpossiblefortheearthandmankindtobeentirelyinhergraspforawhile,shehadhandledthedistaff,thespindle,andtheshearsatherownfreewill,fewintheworldwouldhavenoticedthechangeofgovernment.Therewouldhavebeenthesameinequalityoflot,thesameheapingupoffavourshere,ofcontumelythere,thesamegenerositybeforejustice,thesameperpetualdilemmas,thesamecaptiousalterationofcaressesandblowsthatweendurenow.

           Shewasinpersonfull-limbedandsomewhatheavy;withoutruddiness,aswithoutpallor;andsofttothetouchasacloud.Toseeherhairwastofancythatawholewinterdidnotcontaindarknessenoughtoformitsshadow—itclosedoverherforeheadlikenightfallextinguishingthewesternglow.

           Hernervesextendedintothosetresses,andhertempercouldalwaysbesoftenedbystrokingthemdown.WhenherhairwasbrushedshewouldinstantlysinkintostillnessandlookliketheSphinx.If,inpassingunderoneoftheEgdonbanks,anyofitsthickskeinswerecaught,astheysometimeswere,byapricklytuftofthelargeUlexEuropoeus—whichwillactasasortofhairbrush—shewouldgobackafewsteps,andpassagainstitasecondtime.

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