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Chapter 7

           ThefigureofRebeccamightindeedhavecomparedwiththeproudestbeautiesofEngland,eventhoughithadbeenjudgedbyasshrewdaconnoisseurasPrinceJohn.Herformwasexquisitelysymmetrical,andwasshowntoadvantagebyasortofEasterndress,whichsheworeaccordingtothefashionofthefemalesofhernation.Herturbanofyellowsilksuitedwellwiththedarknessofhercomplexion.Thebrilliancyofhereyes,thesuperbarchofhereyebrows,herwell-formedaquilinenose,herteethaswhiteaspearl,andtheprofusionofhersabletresses,which,eacharrangedinitsownlittlespiraloftwistedcurls,felldownuponasmuchofalovelyneckandbosomasasimarreoftherichestPersiansilk,exhibitingflowersintheirnaturalcoloursembosseduponapurpleground,permittedtobevisiblealltheseconstitutedacombinationofloveliness,whichyieldednottothemostbeautifulofthemaidenswhosurroundedher.Itistrue,thatofthegoldenandpearl-studdedclasps,whichclosedhervestfromthethroattothewaist,thethreeuppermostwereleftunfastenedonaccountoftheheat,whichsomethingenlargedtheprospecttowhichweallude.Adiamondnecklace,withpendantsofinestimablevalue,werebythismeansalsomademoreconspicuous.Thefeatherofanostrich,fastenedinherturbanbyanagraffesetwithbrilliants,wasanotherdistinctionofthebeautifulJewess,scoffedandsneeredatbytheprouddameswhosataboveher,butsecretlyenviedbythosewhoaffectedtoderidethem.

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