empress-consort

Updated: May 13, 2025

She had the eye of an empress and not an empress-consort either, nor an empress who trembles in secret at the rumour of cabals and intrigues. Yes, considered as a decoration of the terrace, she was possibly the finest, most dazzling thing that Bursley could have produced; and Bursley doubtless regretted that it could only claim her as a daughter by adoption.

Arnold Bennett - Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)