roses-and-cream

Updated: May 7, 2025

That London pallor is the choicest charm in a girl of quality a refined sickliness that appeals to the heart of a man of feeling, an 'if-you-don't-lend-me-your-arm-I-shall-swoon' sort of air. Your country hoyden, with her roses-and-cream complexion, and open-air manners, is more shocking than Medusa to a man of taste."

M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon - London Pride : Or When the World Was Younger