"Tall and androgynous, the Baroness, though not beautiful by conventional standards, was impressively statuesque. Well over forty, her masculine body was sinewy and taut, her skin mottled, her hair (when she had hair) was hennaed a beguiling eggplant purple. Square-jawed and strait backed, she had an overbite that lent her face an air of haughty
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