Before long the girl returns, with a very small, very old woman leaning heavily on her arm.
The old woman is dressed in a black silk robe, woven with a mulberry-leaf pattern in gold thread, in which she seems to huddle. Her white hair is elaborately coiled, pinned with two long black-lacquered sticks, each ornamented with a tiny cluster of opals. She leans on a dark polished walking stick as well as on her granddaughter's arm, and lowers herself to sit in the dark-red leather armchair with some difficulty.
The granddaughter fades quietly back to stand by the door, silent and unobtrusive. Madame Chen raises her head to peer at her visitor with disconcertingly bright black eyes.
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Date: 2008-07-04 07:59 pm (UTC)The old woman is dressed in a black silk robe, woven with a mulberry-leaf pattern in gold thread, in which she seems to huddle. Her white hair is elaborately coiled, pinned with two long black-lacquered sticks, each ornamented with a tiny cluster of opals. She leans on a dark polished walking stick as well as on her granddaughter's arm, and lowers herself to sit in the dark-red leather armchair with some difficulty.
The granddaughter fades quietly back to stand by the door, silent and unobtrusive. Madame Chen raises her head to peer at her visitor with disconcertingly bright black eyes.