amorous-meritorious

Updated: May 7, 2025

I was afraid, sir, you might have some English objection to my 'encumbrances. A young man, a boy, and a cherubim-baby; not to speak of the sacred memories of two women, and the charming occasional society of a third; all inextricably enveloped in the life of one amorous-meritorious French person surely there was reason for hesitation here?

Wilkie Collins - The Fallen Leaves