unmelodramatically

Updated: August 26, 2026

The same night, ingenuously oblivious of having been called upon to fill the role of a lady in genteel "trouble," good and decorous Emily Walderhurst arrived under the cover of discreet darkness in a cab, and when she found herself in the "best bedroom," which had once been so far beyond her means, she cried a little for joy again, because the four dull walls, the mahogany dressing-table, and ugly frilled pincushions looked so unmelodramatically normal and safe.

Frances Hodgson Burnett - Emily Fox-Seton : Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst"