A plume of steam that looked faint and diaphanous in the strong light blew away from the noisy machine.

This circumstance was the appearance of Miss SalliannaMiss Sallianna arrayed in all her beauties and attractions, including a huge breastpin, a dress of enormous pattern, and a scarf around her delicate waist, azure-hued and diaphanous like the sky, veiled with an imperceptible cloud.