readeress

And yet in a sense, music is a love-food -- in the sense I mean, that there is love-nourishment in tubes of paint, which can perpetuate your beauty, my fair readeress; or in ink-bottles all ebon with Portuguese sonnets and erotic rondeaux; or in tubs of plaster of Paris, or in bargain-counterfuls of dress goods to add the last word to a woman's beauty.

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Rupert Hughes 1914

And yet in a sense, music is a love-food ” in the sense I mean, that there is love-nourishment in tubes of paint, which can perpetuate your beauty, my fair readeress; or in ink-bottles all ebon with Portuguese sonnets and erotic rondeaux; or in tubs of plaster of Paris, or in bargain-counterfuls of dress goods to add the last word to a woman's beauty.

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903