She also resembled a tigress in the ferocity with which she guarded her age.
She guarded her late husband's literary legacy following his death in 1965.
Tightly guarded by her staff, the first lady traveled in a protective bubble that let's you see her, but never know her.
While she keeps her past a closely guarded secret, even from her employer, she remains true to her activist roots: she regularly writes for magazines critical of Beijing and joins pro-democracy demonstrations.
Her zealously guarded private life (she is unmarried and childless) has prompted prurient media speculation.
The court also heard Wednesday from the two housekeepers who are Suu Kyi's sole companions in the heavily guarded residence and are her co-defendants at the trial.
Also on trial were a mother and daughter who serve as Suu Kyi's companions in her heavily guarded residence -- and are members of the National League for Democracy.
Her conclusions were a closely guarded secret until a public meeting on Tuesday night.
Kumaratunga discussed these pressing issues with Correspondent Arjuna Ranawana last week at Temple Trees, her spacious -- and closely guarded -- official residence in Colombo.
She was told about the visitor the next day by one of two housekeepers who are her sole companions in the heavily guarded residence, where she was under house arrest.
She must have had a look about her, because his expression grew more guarded.
Prosecutor Simon Parrington said as she lent forward to rectify a blockage on the line, her scarf became entangled in an inadequately guarded cog mechanism.
Seattle's Visqueen has long felt like a closely guarded regional secret, in part because singer Rachel Flotard spent the past few years caring for her terminally ill father.
Six years ago, Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin), a guarded thirty-year-old corporate lawyer, fell for Dex (Colin Egglesfield), her law-school study partner, but stood idly by as he took up with her lifelong best friend, the loud, aggressive, uninhibited Darcy (Kate Hudson).
From here on, she is guarded by the justifiably frightened Ted (Jude Law), whom she shyly introduces to the delights of her game.
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