roughly-besmeared

Updated: July 7, 2025

He put down the roughly-besmeared canvas and addressed a little click with his tongue, accompanied by an elevation of the eyebrows, to Newman. "Where have you been all these months?" asked Mademoiselle Noemie of our hero. "You took those great journeys, you amused yourself well?" "Oh, yes," said Newman. "I amused myself well enough."

Henry James - The American