unguented

Updated: May 18, 2025

Opposite there hung a Bouguereau, which irritated him nymphs ought not to look as if they had come newly unguented from a cabinet de toilette. Below it stood an immense Cloisonné vase, about the neck of which was tied a scarlet silk stocking. He remembered having seen it there on his last visit six months before. She must have been an exceptionally careless lady.

Rebecca West - The Judge