lemon-tinctured

Updated: June 27, 2025

A little anger now and then is excellent for the health. And Miss Rockett sipped her lemon-tinctured tea with a smile of ineffable contempt. The others went to bed at ten o'clock, but May, having made herself at ease in the sitting-room, sat there reading until after twelve.

George Gissing - The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories