Sublime

Quand je levais la tête de mon assiette, je retrouvais dans les yeux de mon aimée les merveilles de la nuit, maintenant piquées et irisées de points d’or.

a dowdy dull girl, with one of those characteristic British faces that, once seen, are never remembered;

she came in and said, smiling, ‘You made it, my hero, and Lady Zubeida is on her way to meet you. I pray to God that she will like you so that you will win my hand and be the happiest of men.’