fidanzata

Updated: August 15, 2026

I met our dear Doctor Batoni in the street yesterday on my way home from the station, and he amiably asked how was my fidanzata, or betrothed? It was a difficult moment for me, because he told me that you had told him you were that." "I told him nothing of the sort! I said I was your friend, in French." "A friend, in French, may mean a good deal. Save your reputation, dear; I give you the chance."

Gertrude Hall Brownell - Aurora the Magnificent