soot-face

Updated: May 8, 2025

Pious friend! thy chaplet of roses was ill bestowed, and thou needest not have travelled so far to light thy wax tapers at the shrine of the Black Lady at Altoting; for by the beauty of holiness! an image of ebony is mother of pearl to that soot-face whom thou callest thy wife.

Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - Vivian Grey