brown-bay

Updated: May 13, 2025

Mariette, the cook, who had been fifteen years in the household, knew how to make all the dishes held in most honor in Alencon. Perhaps we ought to count for much the fat old Norman brown-bay mare, which drew Mademoiselle Cormon to her country-seat at Prebaudet; for the five inhabitants of the house bore to this animal a maniacal affection.

Honoré de Balzac - The Jealousies of a Country Town

Mariette, the cook, who had been fifteen years in the household, knew how to make all the dishes held in most honor in Alencon. Perhaps we ought to count for much the fat old Norman brown-bay mare, which drew Mademoiselle Cormon to her country-seat at Prebaudet; for the five inhabitants of the house bore to this animal a maniacal affection.

Honoré de Balzac - An Old Maid