centifoil

Updated: June 19, 2025

Gemma put on a large straw hat with brown ribbons; the hat was bent down in front, so as to shade almost the whole of her face from the sun. The line of shadow stopped just at her lips; they wore a tender maiden flush, like the petals of a centifoil rose, and her teeth gleamed stealthily innocently too, as when children smile. Gemma sat facing the horses, with Sanin; Klueber and Emil sat opposite.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev - The Torrents of Spring