She had one of those charming faces which, according to the angle from which you see them, look either melancholy or impertinent. Her eyes were grey; her trick of narrowing them made her seem to reflect, the greater part of the time, in the dusk of her second thoughts. With that mood, that touch of arriere pensee, went an uncertain, speaking set of lips.


The Heat Of The Day (ed. Random House, 2015) - ISBN: 9781446485927

Elizabeth Bowen Quotes

She had one of those charming faces which, according to the angle from which you see them, look either melancholy or impertinent. Her eyes were grey; ...

She had one of those charming faces which, according to the angle from which you see them, look either melancholy or impertinent. Her eyes were grey; ...

She had one of those charming faces which, according to the angle from which you see them, look either melancholy or impertinent. Her eyes were grey; ...

She had one of those charming faces which, according to the angle from which you see them, look either melancholy or impertinent. Her eyes were grey; ...