[Quiet Man Cometh]

"The first time, Ned actually rubbed his eyes, like a child. After that, he didn't do it again, he just watched. With his unnaturally keen sight here, he saw when her hair bagan to change in that moonlight towards red, and then it was red, and falling so much longer than before. And he thought, for the first time, how inadequate the words for colours could sometimes be."

This is from Ysabel by G.G. Kay. This is where I ended my reading before an appointment. It's the last line that makes me notice the passage.