A
glass panel that looked innocuous, even sunny when unlit — a bit of vernal green here, some goldenrod
smudged into a meringue of
dirty white — gleamed like a tortoise - shell sconce when its internal lights were switched on, becoming a backlit swirl of dungy brown marbled with moss green and chewing - tobacco spit.
Big blunders are unshaven faces or a poorly groomed beard, moustache, or goatee (scratch that — no goatee — you're a member of the law society, not a biker gang), food in the teeth, badly
smudged glasses, unpressed clothing, unbrushed hair, excessive hair gel,
dirty fingernails, and untucked blouses.