Sentence:  [I]n her absence Olive might give any version of her she chose. "I have told him you are a radical, and you may tell him, if you like, that I am a <WSD>painted Jezebel</WSD>." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A Jezebel; an evil, scheming, shameless or immoral woman, especially one who uses physical attractiveness to evil ends.