Help me find this quote

[nineveh_uk]

It is, as will become obvious, almost certainly from a British comic novel, but since I can't remember all of the actual quote, googling is not helpful. I think it is describing a woman - possibly blonde, ditsy, or simply a bit naive, and is something like '[she had the] look of a [rabbit?] that has gone on [a spree/the loose] and was astonished by the result'.

All suggestions welcome! It's lurking annoyingly in my mind, but not sufficient to be useful for me to find it.

ETA: Identified by antisoppist as from Gaudy Night.

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[antisoppist]

Miss Cattermole, Gaudy Night.

[antisoppist]

Hang on, I have a txt file...

“I was afraid it might be the Dean,” said Miss Briggs.

“No, said Harriet, “so far I have held my hand. How is the patient?”

“Not too good,” said Miss Briggs.

“Ah. ‘His lordship has drunk his bath and gone to bed again.’ That’s about it, I suppose.” She strode across to the bed and looked down at Miss Cattermole, who opened her eyes with a groan. They were large, light, hazel eyes, set in a plump face that ought to have been of a pleasant rose-leaf pink. A quantity of fluffy brown hair tumbled damply about her brow, adding to the general impression of an Angora rabbit that had gone on the loose and was astonished at the result.

“Feeling bloody?” inquired Harriet, with sympathy.

[nineveh_uk]

THANK YOU! It has been bugging me.

[antisoppist]

You were pretty much spot on with the quote. But it is the delightful specificness of it being an *Angora* rabbit that I admire.

[nineveh_uk]

It is. It tells you exactly what sort of air she has. I had a sort of mental image of fluffiness, but couldn't find the angora bit.