drab-spatted

Updated: May 21, 2025

A telegraph boy was one; by his side walked, vehemently explaining, a tall, elderly solicitor white-whiskered, drab-spatted, frock-coated, eye-glassed, silk-hatted in every detail the trusted family lawyer. I knew the man by sight, and I knew him by name and repute.

Maurice Henry Hewlett - Lore of Proserpine