llamela

Updated: January 1, 2026

I thought of Ambrose Llamela, Gil Blas's devout valet, who arranges a scheme for robbing his master of his portmanteau, and, when he comes back from meeting his accomplices, pretends that he has been to the cathedral to implore a blessing on their voyage.

Sir George Otto Trevelyan - Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay: Volume 1