text:  How profoundly versed in the physiology of blushing he must be! We are doubtful however whether the costume of the picture is altogether appropriate; for we question very much whether the Italian ladies of the thirteenth or any other century were in the habit of paying forenoon visits in low-necked gowns; and whether Mabel could have walked all the way from her castle to Sir Hubert's cottage in an attire which revealed so many of her charms without attracting the general attention of the neighbourhood