Melitta opened the gate and admitted a youth splendidly apparelled, and with fair curling hair.

Its back was turned to him, and the bared head displayed a close mass of fair curling hair.

Then came an old woman leading a girl and boy, both fair and blooming and with blue eyes and fair curling locks.

Among those who had fallen on the exposed ground outside was a young officer-almosta boy, with fair curling hair and a soft little moustache.