crommeline

Updated: May 1, 2025

Francis, that dislike to the seas has kept you from returning thither, since the decease of my late brother-in-law?" "Wid like for Mam'selle Alide, Monsieur, avec votre permission." "Your affection for my niece, honest François, is not to be doubted. It is as certain as the payment of a good draft, by Crommeline, Van Stopper, and Van Gelt, of Amsterdam.

James Fenimore Cooper - The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas