semi-assuaged

Updated: May 12, 2025

She wore a violet silk of sombre hue, ornamented by a black silk apron and a black lace scarf. The velvet bow which served so very imperfectly as a skull-cap was also violet, intimating a semi-assuaged, but respectfully lengthened, grief for the departed. "And now this maddest scheme of all," said Miss Crewys. "Bless me! What mad scheme?"

Mrs. Henry De La Pasture - Peter's Mother