Sublime

She wore her uniform casually, her hair down around her shoulders in violation of corporate regulations. If Miller had ever been called upon to describe her, the phrase deceptive coloration would have figured in.

It turned out that strange little girls grow up to be strange young women.

She wore a fine red dress that seemed calculatedly designed to be completely in fashion but not too daring.

modern Manhattan woman,

She was said to be beautiful—and in this case the rumors were true. But nobody had mentioned her sadness.