muntor

Updated: May 25, 2025

Age between fifty and sixty; figure tall, stiff, well-made, not too thin beside Jeremias Muntor she might be called stout complexion, pale yellow; the nose and chin coming together, the mouth fallen in; the eyes grey and small, forehead smooth, and agreeably shaded by silver hair; the hands still handsome, and between the thumb and delicate tip of the forefinger a pinch of snuff, which was commonly held in certain perspective towards the nose, whilst with an elbow resting on the arm of sofa or easy-chair she gave little lectures, or read aloud, for it was one of her weaknesses to suppose that she knew everything.

Fredrika Bremer - The Home : Or, Life in Sweden