midnight
This is a couch all heaped with gorgeous silken cushions , pink and blue and crimson and gold , and I am reclining gracefully on it . I can see my reflection in that splendid big mirror hanging on the wall . I am tall and regal , clad in a gown of trailing white lace , with a pearl cross on my breast and pearls in my hair . My hair is of midnight darkness and my skin is a clear ivory pallor . My name is the Lady Cordelia Fitzgerald . No , it is n't -- I ca n't make _ that _ seem real . '' She danced up to the little looking-glass and peered into it .