Pearl’s aspect was imbued with a spell of infinite variety; in this one child there were many children, comprehending the full scope between the wildflower prettiness of a peasant-baby, and the pomp, in little, of an infant princess. Throughout all, however, there was a trait of passion, a certain depth of hue, which she never lost; and if, in any of her changes, she had grown fainter or paler, she would have ceased to be herself⁠—it would have been no longer Pearl!