"Deshabille" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... man to the lodge door. He was a sturdy fellow in a suit of black clothes which had not been made for him. He might have been a butler EN DESHABILLE, but for the presence of a pair of field boots into which he had tucked the ends of his trousers. The curious thing about him was his face, which was decorated with features so tiny as to give the impression ...
— Huntingtower • John Buchan
... came an impatient knock at the door, and the knocker entered, without waiting to be asked. It was the lawyer, in deshabille and very rough-haired; and very angry ...
— Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) - Ghost Stories • Various
... the hair, All this I view,—a sight beyond compare Since Daphne died in all the varied charms Of her chaste body,—rounded regal arms, And shape supreme, too fair for human gaze, But not too fair to win the mirror's praise That throbs to see thee in thy deshabille And loves thee well through all the ...
— A Lover's Litanies • Eric Mackay
... born—and then quickly there flashed into my mind the words spoken by Guido Ferrari at the time. How mysterious they had seemed to me then—how clear their meaning now! On arriving at the villa I found my fiance in her own boudoir, attired in morning deshabille, if a trailing robe of white cashmere trimmed with Mechlin lace and swan's-down can be considered deshabille. Her rich hair hung loosely on her shoulders, and she was seated in a velvet easy-chair before a small sparkling wood fire, reading. ...
— Vendetta - A Story of One Forgotten • Marie Corelli |
