m-a-c-e

Updated: August 19, 2026

I said, "My God, I thought Marseilles was somewhere on the Mediterranean Ocean, and that this was a gendarmerie." "But this is M-a-c-e. It's a little mean town, where everybody snickers and sneers at you if they see you're a prisoner. They did at me." "Do you mean to say we're espions too?" "Of course!" B. said enthusiastically. "Thank God! And in to stay.

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room