disheartened-looking

Updated: May 8, 2025

There was a little door open in the opposite wall; beyond it was a shabby trellis with scarlet-runners clambering upon it. Lady Anne peeped within. A disheartened-looking woman was hanging a child's frock on the line which was stretched from wall to wall. Three children, ranging in age from two to five, were sitting on the grass plot. Two were playing with white stones.

Katharine Tynan - Mary Gray