enchantay

Updated: April 30, 2025

And pretty soon I seen him gettin' all red and I knew he was goin' to shoot some French at the old lady, and, sure enough, out he come with, 'Madame je swee enchantay." "Well, sir, I like to 've died tryin' to keep from laughin' at that, because what it means translated is, 'Madam, I'm deelighted. Trust them marines to say the right thing at the wrong time I'll say they do."

Various - O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920