If her features were criticized separately, she was handsome rather than plain, in spite of the sickly hue of her face.

She would have been a good figure, too, if it had not been for her extreme thinness and the size of her head, which was too large for her medium height.

But she was not likely to be attractive to men.

She was like a fine flower, already past its bloom and without fragrance, though the petals were still unwithered.