stalkiness

Updated: May 7, 2025

She died when Julianna was eleven, and had long braids of hair that would have been the envy of the mermaids, and eyes that had begun to grow deep like pools of cool water, and a figure that had begun to be something better than the stalkiness of a child. Mrs. Colfax died with a little flickering smile one day, and the Judge put his arms around her and then fell on his knees.

Richard Washburn Child - The Blue Wall: A Story of Strangeness and Struggle