defoted

Updated: May 3, 2025

"Just du Tillet himself summed up in a word!" cried Couture. "'Those that do not know her may think her plain, pursued du Tillet, 'but she has character, I admit. "'Und ein herz, dot is the pest of die pizness, mein der poy; she vould make you an indelligent und defoted vife.

Honoré de Balzac - The Firm of Nucingen