The violent explosion which made Mrs. Dalloway jump and Miss Pym
go to the window and apologise came from a motor car which had drawn to the
side of the pavement precisely opposite Mulberry’s shop window.
Passers-by who, of course, stopped and stared, had just time to see a
face of the very greatest importance against the dove-grey
upholstery, before a male hand drew the blind and there was
nothing to be seen except a square of
dove grey.