c-l-o-e-t-e

Updated: June 29, 2025

Nothing but the way he would twinkle his spectacles on you and give a twitch of his thick mouth was enough to start you off before he began one of his little tales. Funny fellow, Cloete. C-l-o-e-t-e Cloete." "What was he a Dutchman?"

Joseph Conrad - Within the Tides