[The Mystery of 31 New Inn by R. Austin Freeman]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mystery of 31 New Inn CHAPTER I 38/47
She had an excellent figure, and the air of a person of good social position; her features were good enough and her colouring, although a little unusual, was not unpleasant.
Like Mr. Weiss, she had very fair hair, greased, parted in the middle and brushed down as smoothly as the painted hair of a Dutch doll.
She appeared to have no eyebrows at all--owing, no doubt, to the light colour of the hair--and the doll-like character was emphasized by her eyes, which were either brown or dark grey, I could not see which.
A further peculiarity consisted in a "habit spasm," such as one often sees in nervous children; a periodical quick jerk of the head, as if a cap-string or dangling lock were being shaken off the cheek.
Her age I judged to be about thirty-five. The carriage, which one might have expected to be waiting, seemed to take some time in getting ready.
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