A young woman emerges from the throng. This is Lettie Lariot, although that may not be her real name. There is much about this Bohemian looking beauty that is not known and often guessed at incorrectly. Were it not 1912 and, therefore, still 60 year’s until Hollywood would make Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, many observers would remark on the striking resemblance Lettie bears to Kathryn Ross. But this is 1912 and neither Paul Newman nor Robert Redford has been born yet so the comparison is never made. Everyone agrees, however; Lettie has a great natural beauty.
Lettie is dressed in a pair of trousers over which a split dress sits, sparkling with colours that seem to move and dance as she walks. Her overcoat is magnificent: now magenta, now purple, now red then blue and gold and green and yellow or was it ochre and magenta together. A wide brimmed hat sits on her long, flowing dark brown hair through which a streak of silver-grey strikes like lightening. Lettie carries stars in the pockets of her great coat and around her waist is tied the belt of Orion (not a fashion accessory but the true belt of Orion for in truth, it is said, Lettie may originate from somewhere beyond Ganymede.)
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