Instead, however, of listening to the sermons, Burton got flirting with a Meccan girl with citrine skin and liquescent eyes.
"The Life of Sir Richard Burton"
Thomas Wright
She was a tall girl, about eighteen years old, with regular features, a skin somewhat citrine-coloured, but soft and clear, symmetrical eyebrows, the most beautiful eyes, and a figure all grace.
"Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah"
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Carron himself flitted about with a lantern like a will o' the wisp whose tremulous flare shot the firelight with pallid citrine.
"Where the Pavement Ends"
John Russell