If you pass their waiting-room you get a glimpse of wonderful morning toilettes of every tint, muslins, laces, a black boy with red turbash bustling about to get the bath ready makes rather a good note of colour.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
To bring in a touch of the West, one of the "Renown's" white and green launches with brass funnels rushed up and emptied a perfect cargo of young Eastern princes in white muslins, and pink, orange, and green turbans with floating tails to them.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
I saw two men in flannels and two ladies-very fair ladies they were too-in the flattering twilight; when a white dress turns the colour of a violet shell, and muslins die like a dream into the soft colours of the sand, and pale faces flush with the golden glow of the setting sun.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch