whatever-and

Updated: July 16, 2026

One lost the contour of faces and figures indeed, any effect of line whatever-and there was only the color of bodices past counting, the shimmer of fabrics soft and firm, silky and sheer: red, mauve, pink, blue, lilac, purple, ecru, rose, yellow, cream, and white, all the colors that an impressionist finds in a sunlit landscape, with here and there the dead shadow of a frock coat.

Willa Sibert Cather - The Troll Garden and Selected Stories