congratulatorily

Updated: June 23, 2025

At need a third assistant could be engaged. "Be it so," he said at last. Le Chapelier clasped hands with him and became congratulatorily voluble, until interrupted by the red-coated giant at the door. "What exactly does it mean to our business, anyway?" he asked. "Does it mean that when you are a representative you will not scruple to skewer M. le Marquis?"

Rafael Sabatini - Scaramouche