salt-tanned

Updated: August 18, 2026

Mère Marianne, who once was a village belle, is now thirty-three years of age, strong as a man, fair-haired, hatless, bronzed by the sun, salt-tanned, blue-eyed, a good mother to seven fair-haired, blue-eyed children; yet a hard, amiable drinker in her leisure hours after a good catch. "Bonjour, my all beautiful!" she greets Suzette as the door opens.

F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley) Smith - A Village of Vagabonds