bustless

Updated: May 19, 2025

Almost on the pull the door opened, disclosing a bustless, sharp-eyed and cheerful-looking little woman of fifty or so, wearing a cameo brooch and cornelian rings. She wore other things but you did not notice them. "Have you rooms to let?" asked Jones. "Well, sir, I have the front parlour unoccupied," replied the landlady, "and two bed-rooms on the top floor. Are there any children?"

H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole - The Man Who Lost Himself