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Rh Countess personified the brilliant coquette to perfection. Half enveloped in a splendid cashmere—the letter of the Sultan flung beneath one very pretty foot, which a furred and scarlet slipper, "bien plus Arabe qu'en Arabie," showed to perfection—a very white arm hung over a pillow of the sofa and round it—the other little hand was clasping an additional chain of gems, which were not so bright as the eyes that were fixed upon them in smiling and sparkling attention. As the Countess herself said, her personification of Roxelana was a triumph of the fine arts. Fortunately, the spectators could not look at one without seeing the other, or Mde. de Ligne would scarcely have been satisfied with the effect produced by her young companion. Emily had on a long loose white dress, closed round the throat, with a narrow band of gold, and gathered round the waist with another band of gold, only broader. Her arms, enveloped in the large sleeves, were crossed, after the eastern fashion of homage, and she knelt a little in the background at the one end of the sofa. A crimson turban, worn low on the forehead, entirely concealed her hair; and the profile of her face was turned towards the audience. It was impossible to give a more exquisite