Memoirs of DrThomas WEvans: the second French empire . public. This gentleman being much pressed fortime, the Countess of Teba, waiving her right of precedence,permitted to enter first into my private office, althoughshe had been waiting much longer than he had; and thegraceful manner in which this permission was given evi-dently made an impression upon him; for on entering myroom he immediately inquired who the beautiful younglady was that had granted him the precedence. Not long after this the Countess of Teba and her mother,the Countess of Montijo, were among those who regularlyreceived inv
Memoirs of DrThomas WEvans: the second French empire . public. This gentleman being much pressed fortime, the Countess of Teba, waiving her right of precedence,permitted to enter first into my private office, althoughshe had been waiting much longer than he had; and thegraceful manner in which this permission was given evi-dently made an impression upon him; for on entering myroom he immediately inquired who the beautiful younglady was that had granted him the precedence. Not long after this the Countess of Teba and her mother,the Countess of Montijo, were among those who regularlyreceived invitations to the Elysee Palace, where the Prince-President then resided; and there the young Countess wasgreatly admired and attracted the attention of everybody. She possessed a singularly striking face, oval in contour,and remarkable for the purity of its lines; a brilliant, light,clear complexion; blue eyes, peculiarly soft and liquid,shielded by long lashes and, when in repose, cast slightlydownward; hair of a most beautiful golden chestnut color,. MADEMOISELLE EU<4ENIE-CMTLSSE DE a photograph taken in !852. MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR 75 a rather thin nose exquisitely molded, and a small deli-cate mouth that disclosed when she smiled teeth that werelike pearls. Her figure was above the average height andalmost perfect in its proportions—the waist round, and theneck and shoulders admirably formed—and, withal, shepossessed great vivacity of expression and elegance in hermovements, together with an indescribable charm of man-ner. Indeed, she was a woman of a very rare type physi-cally as well as morally; one whose distinguishing qualitiesalways seemed to me to reveal the existence of Irish ratherthan Scotch blood, notwithstanding the name of her mothersfamily—Kirkpatrick. But she was richly endowed, by in-heritance or otherwise, with the best qualities of more thanone race; and, if it was true that her beauty was blond anddelicate from her Scotch ancestry, it wa
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