had revealedrevealthe fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome , with a stately beauty seldom encountered .
He could see that she was tastefully , though not richly , dressed , and that she walkedwalkwith an elastic step that revealedreveala light heart and the vigor of perfect health .
Out of the dusk her violin tooktakeup the organ theme , and the candle-light revealedrevealher in a straight golden frock , her arm archedarchto the bow , her lips serious .
When the young woman -- the mother of this child -- stood fully revealedrevealbefore the crowd , it seemed to be her first impulse to clasp the infant closely to her bosom ; not so much by an impulse of motherly affection , as that she might thereby conceal a certain token , which was wrought or fastened into her dress .