The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. She acquiesced to this and sat for a moment silent, her gaze absently on the windows of the building across. In the morning ‘light my first impression was verified. Only too often the raising of a woman’s veil in my office reveals the ravages of tears, or rouge, or dissipation. My new client turned fear lessly to the window an unlined face, with a clear skin.