Her complexion was sallow; and her features small, without beauty, and naturally without expression; but a lucky contraction of the brow had rescued her countenance from the disgrace of insipidity, by giving it the strong characters of pride and ill nature.
De cutis cetrino, sus facciones eran pequeñas, sin belleza ni expresividad natural; pero una afortunada contracción del ceño la había salvado de la desgracia de un semblante soso, al proporcionarle los recios rasgos del orgullo y el mal carácter.