brush-tails

Updated: July 13, 2026

And then the correct parting of the thin gray hair and the two little gray brush-tails of lovelocks that were combed in front of his ears, there to become a part of the two little dabs of gray whiskers that stretched from his temples to his bleached cheekbones. Yes a most carefully preserved, prim, and well-ordered person was Kate's father.

Francis Hopkinson Smith - Kennedy Square