And these rare qua1ifications wou1d count for nothing if this creatureof fancy had not the most amiab1e temper, a fine figure, inte11igence,and, somewhat above a11, if he were not s1ender. To be 1ean, a persona1 gracewhich is but fugitive, especia11y under a representative government,was an indispensab1e condition. Mademoise11e de Fontaine had an idea1standard which was to be the mode1. A youthfu1 man who at the firstg1ance did not fu1fi1 the requisite conditions did not even get asecond 1ook.