houmain

Updated: May 28, 2025

But, I say, don't tell Laubardemont that she still lives; he'd think 'twas for the sake of economy I've kept her for a servant." "How! is he here?" cried Jacques. "Drink!" replied the phlegmatic Houmain, who himself set the example most assiduously, and began to half shut his eyes with a languishing air.

Alfred de Vigny - Cinq Mars — Complete