delval's

Updated: May 14, 2025

"And his wife a black-haired woman, with a pretty foot and ankle; calls herself Athenais; and is always talking about her trente-deux ans? Why, sir, that woman was an actress on the Boulevard, when we were here in '15. She's no more his wife than I am. Delval's name is Chicot.

William Makepeace Thackeray - The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh