rough-pated

Updated: May 13, 2025

Angela was one of the most altered of all; for her plump cherub cheeks had melted away under the glow of measles, and the hooping process had lengthened and narrowed her small person into a demure little thread-paper of six years old, omnivorous of books, a pet and pickle at school, and a romp at home the sworn ally, offensive and defensive, of stout, rough-pated, unruly Bernard.

Charlotte Mary Yonge - The Pillars of the House, V1