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it looked like ham gravy trickling over her skull."
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Okay. It's funny a little bit.
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It's a picturesque comparison, hair and gravy,
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but it emphasizes that ugliness.
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Now, if you look on page 80, 84 in my edition,
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this is a woman climbing out of the swimming pool.
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Remember when Hazel and Enoch are in the middle of the park at the swimming pool.
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Enoch's hiding in the bushes, spying on the women.
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Here's one climbing out of the pool:
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First her face appeared -- at the bottom of the page--
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first her face appeared, long and cadaverous,
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with a bandage-like bathing cap coming down almost to her eyes,