crook-handle

Updated: May 12, 2025

Helena; but she confronted you with the lively eyes, the firm cheeks, the fresh complexion, the erect and active carriage, of a well-preserved woman of sixty; and in her plentiful light-brown hair there was scarcely a thread of grey. She stepped trippingly across the grass, swinging a malacca walking-stick, with a silver crook-handle. "He has arrived. I 've seen him."

Henry Harland - The Lady Paramount