barbou's

Updated: September 1, 2025

They were like men turned into ice who could feel no more. 'It is, without doubt, the most extraordinary weather, I said. My teeth chattered like Barbou's. It was all I could do to keep myself steady. No one made any reply; but Lecamus said, 'Have the goodness to open the little postern for foot-passengers: M. le Maire wishes to make an inspection outside.

Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - A Beleaguered City : Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen