Book Excerpt : ...ent to put Lord Goring into a class quite by himself. But he is developing charmingly!LORD CAVERSHAM. Into what?MABEL CHILTERN. [With a little curtsey.] I hope to let you know very soon, Lord Caversham!MASON. [Announcing guests.] Lady Markby. Mrs. Cheveley.[Enter LADY MARKBY and MRS. CHEVELEY. LADY MARKBY is a pleasant, kindly, popular woman, with gray hair e la marquise and good lace. MRS. CHEVELEY, who accompanies her, is tall and rather slight. Lips very thin and highly-coloured, a line of scarlet on a pallid face. Venetian red hair, aquiline nose, and long throat. Rouge accentuates the natural paleness of her complexion. Gray-green eyes that move restlessly. She is in heliotrope, with diamonds. She looks rather like an orchid, and makes great demands on one's curiosity. In all her movements she is extremely graceful. A work of art, on the whole, but showing the influence of too many schools.]...
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