lunch-gown

Updated: May 9, 2026

It was she the object of de Vere's impassioned quest. A rich lunch-gown was girdled about her with a twelve-o'clock band of pearls. She reached out her hand, smiling. "Dorothea," said the multimillionaire, "this is Mr. de Vere. Mr. de Vere my wife."

Stephen Leacock - Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy