Sa taille est haute, mais quelques-uns la
trouveraient mince; sa chevelure noire est bouclee et tombe jusqu'a
la nuque; ses yeux noirs sont profonds et bien fendus; le front est
noble; la levre superieure, couverte par une moustache naissante et
noire, est parfaitement modelee; son menton a quelque chose de
severe; son teint est d'un blanc presque feminin, ce qui denote sa
haute naissance."
In this description we seem to recognize some Surya or Soma of Hindoo
mythology, and the final touch, meaningless as applied to a European,
reminds us that in India whiteness of skin has always been a sign of
aristocratic birth, from the days when it originally distinguished the
conquering Aryas from the indigenous race of the Dasyous.
As a literary composition "Mlle. D'Arvers" deserves high commendation.
It deals with the ungovernable passion of two brothers for one placid
and beautiful girl, a passion which leads to fratricide and madness.
That it is a very melancholy and tragical story is obvious from this
brief sketch of its contents, but it is remarkable for coherence and
self-restraint no less than for vigor of treatment.
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