She was of a type not uncommon among the "landed gentry," but mercifully rare elsewhere. Superbly self-possessed, she was slightly masculine in appearance, with square flat shoulders and narrow hips. Her hair was cut short under her mannish felt, her suit was perfectly tailored and the collar of her blouse fitted tightly at her throat.
She managed to enter the room noisily and sat down so that her face was toward them. It was a handsome face, but one to which the epithet of "beautiful" would have seemed absurd.
(from The Gyrth Chalice Mystery, by Margery Allingham)
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