'Handsome' Maxime (was Weight watching)

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No: HPFGUIDX 52620

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "David <dfrankiswork at n...>" 
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:

"Handsome"
> To me, it connotes the idea of an 
> aesthetically pleasing face, but one that is a little bit 
> forbidding or stern.  

Ye-es.  I do think Madame Maxime is described as intimidating.  But I 
think she's supposed to be rather sexy as well:

"Madame Maxime drew herself up to her full and considerable height.  
The top of her handsome head brushed the candle-filled chandelier, 
and her gigantic black bosom swelled."

"'Of course not,' said Madame Maxime, fluttering her long black 
eyelashes."

"'What did you know, 'Agrid?' said Madame Maxime, a distinct purr in 
her low voice."


Maybe it's just me, but I do think she has a certain je ne sais quoi.


Angua