she still suffered , in the form of insomnia and nightmares when she did manage to sleep , but she handled her own problems now when he had walked into davencourt today and seen her standing there on the stairs , wearing that elegantly understated silk dress and creamy pearls , with her dark chestnut hair in a sleek , sophisticated style , he had been rendered almost speechless at the contrast between the rowdy , untidy girl she had been and the classy , classic woman she was now .