We went out of the old orchard where the autumn night wind was beginning to make its weird music in the
russet boughs, and shut the little gate behind us.
No gentleman were admitted, so Jo played male parts to her heart's content and took immense satisfaction in a pair of
russet leather boots given her by a friend, who knew a lady who knew an actor.
He was a fine swarthy fellow, with dark hair and large moustachios, who rode a-hunting in clothes of Lincoln green, with
russet boots on his feet, and a bugle slung over his shoulder like the guard of a long stage.
The air was like sparkling cider, and every field had its heaps of yellow and
russet good things to eat, all ready for the barns, the mills, and the markets.
Some of the trees bore yellow oranges and some
russet pears, so the hungry adventurers suddenly found themselves provided with plenty to eat and to drink.
"Debate with no man hast thou, With questions art never perplexed, As tame at the first sight as now, In thy plain
russet gabardine dressed." ...
But I was not going to restrict myself to any particular position for her; when I was tired of leaning forward, with the cold, raw wind in my face, and surveying the
russet hedges and the damp, tangled grass of their banks, I gave it up and leant back too.
But I suppose I am like a Roxbury
russet,--a great deal the better, the longer I can be kept.
And yet a
russet gown, torn and soiled with the child's rude play, made a picture of her just as perfect.
The Jew's dress, which appeared to have suffered considerably from the storm, was a plain
russet cloak of many folds, covering a dark purple tunic.
"No," said Winter, then he paused; "but tell me, can you not perceive the
russet tint which marks the heavens?"
They were a boy and a girl, slender and graceful, and completely naked, with the exception of a slight girdle of bark, from which depended at opposite points two of the
russet leaves of the bread-fruit tree.