a woman with glamour about her,11 the philosopher’s grace and the full moon’s glow, Babylonian eyes and brows taut as bows, alif’s poise and amber scent and sugar lips, a face to shame the sun, a girl like a galaxy, or a dome of golden filigree, or a bride in her finery, or the glitter of tiles on the floor of a pool, or the glisten of tail in a bowl of soup.