on the one side , the crystal , bloodless voice , and the immutable expression of the snow-white face ; on the other the blood coursing in the veins , the feeling trembling on the lips and sparkling in the eyes , the might of the man 's shoulders , the wonder of the woman 's breasts , a splendour of virility and richness of womanhood unknown on earth , a living torrent of perfect animality - yet when these met , the one did not seem rank nor the other spectral .