finely-lacquered

Updated: June 8, 2025

Then said Ten-teh, well knowing that he had no such desirable relative, but drawn to secrecy by the unnatural course of events: "The years pass unperceived and all changes but the heart of man; how appeared my cousin, and has he greatly altered under the enervating sun of a barbarian land?" "He is now a little man, with a loose skin the colour of a finely-lacquered apricot," replied the woman.

Ernest Bramah - Kai Lung's Golden Hours