gracefully-worded

Updated: May 28, 2025

But yes of that there could be no doubt, for it was addressed, "Madame Bailey, Villa du Lac, Lacville-les-Bains." She opened it to find that the note contained a gracefully-worded invitation to déjeuner for the next day, and the signature ran "Marie-Anne d'Eglemont." Why, it must be Paul de Virieu's sister! How very kind of her, and and how very kind of him.

Marie Belloc Lowndes - The Chink in the Armour