ruddy-brownish

Updated: August 31, 2025

Maryan answered, with his hand on the lock: "It is polished with agate." And he went out. But the baron, after crossing the threshold, began: "And as to the ruddy-brownish biscuit " The door closed; the voices ceased. Kranitski stood some time in the antechamber, then he turned toward the little drawing-room, and whispered: "'Polished with agate' 'Biscuit, and those are their last words!"

Eliza Orzeszkowa - The Argonauts