chisveek

Updated: May 14, 2025

And then, again, poor Katie was not very confident in her French, and then her companion was not very intelligible in his English; so when the gentleman asked, 'Is it that mademoiselle lofe de fleurs? poor little Katie felt herself tremble, and tried in vain to mutter something; and when, again essaying to do his duty, he suggested that 'all de beaute of Londres did delight to valk itself at Chisveek, she was equally dumb, merely turning on him her large eyes for one moment, to show that she knew that he addressed her.

Anthony Trollope - The Three Clerks