gertrude-adeline

Updated: May 19, 2025

Then she had gone through the dukes, very carefully; then through the marquesses, not so carefully; then through the earls, somewhat cursorily: "Here's one with eight daughters, the Honourable Gertrude-Adeline, and seven more." Then she had bolted through the viscounts and barons: "This one's awfully new only from 1810." Then she slid lightly over the baronets. Then she passed on to the knights.

Henry Blake Fuller - With the Procession