He put his hand to his face and wiped away the sweat that had gathered in a shiny film on his skin, from which all the ruddiness had fled.
"The Hidden Places"
Bertrand W. Sinclair
He too was staring out, his face gone pale under its ruddiness, listening for what very well might be the end of all his hopes.
"Oddsfish!"
Robert Hugh Benson
While Messer Simone's face betrayed too plainly in its ruddiness its owner's gratification of his appetites, Messer Griffo's face carried a clean paleness that commended him to temperate eyes, albeit he could, when he pleased, eat and drink as much as ever Messer Simone.
"The God of Love"
Justin Huntly McCarthy