willowiness

Updated: May 5, 2025

Ennis, despite her feminine approval of success, couldn't imagine herself being as much interested in him dangerously interested as she knew her friend Mary Rochefort to be. How odd! From all the world to pick out a tall, blond, willowy man like Pollen! On the verge of middle age, too! Perhaps it was this very willowiness, this apparent placidity that made him attractive.

- The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story