Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor - Page 63/579

And afterwards she grew up to be a very comely maiden, tall, and with a well-built neck, and very fair white shoulders, under a bright cloud of curling hair. Alas! poor Annie, like most of the gentle maidens--but tush, I am not come to that yet; and for the present she seemed to me little to look at, after the beauty of Lorna Doone.