benndite

Updated: May 15, 2025

There's Monsieur Fabry, the engineer of the building; Monsieur Mombleux, the head clerk, and Mr. Bendit, who has charge of the foreign correspondence. If you ever speak to him always call him Mr. Benndite. He's an Englishman, and he gets mad if you pronounce his name 'Bendit. He thinks that one wants to insult him, just as though one was calling him 'Thief'!"

Hector Malot - Nobody's Girl: (En Famille)