His friend was not backward in saying all sorts of complimentary things to pretty Dorina, and so helped her to recover from the constraint and embarrassment into which she had been thrown by the extraordinary manner of their entrance.
"Weird Tales. Vol. I"
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Dorina raised the "dark fringed curtains of her eyes" and regarded the stranger with a sweet smile, and said that her father would soon come home from his work, and would be very pleased to see some German painters, for he esteemed them very highly.
"Weird Tales. Vol. I"
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Traugott was obliged to confess that, exclusive of Felicia, no girl had ever excited such a warm interest in him as Dorina did.
"Weird Tales. Vol. I"
E. T. A. Hoffmann
