counter-shrine

Updated: June 26, 2025

Up yonder, beyond the Porte du Roi, rivalry has set up a counter-shrine, with a competing saint, with all the hateful accessories of a pretty face, a younger figure, and a graceful if less skilled aptitude in the making of omelettes in public. The hour of the coming in of the coaches, was, therefore, a tragic hour.

Anna Bowman Dodd - In and out of Three Normady Inns