red-dish-brown

Updated: July 19, 2025

"Sometimes one and sometimes another," said Saul, determined not to give any more information than he must. "Well, I'll look at both," the detective said. The first one stood his scrutiny without effect, but at the second his eye sparkled and his cheek flushed with pleasure, when he saw the faint, red-dish-brown streaks which Offitt had left there the night before.

John Hay - The Bread-winners : A Social Study