less-plotting

Updated: May 4, 2025

The method of procedure is eminently French, of course, and eminently naïve, as even the intrigues and machinations of Balzac's bourgeoisie, although intended as marvels of finesse, seem so often naïveté itself to our blunter and less-plotting minds.

Various - Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885