mad-sounding

Updated: June 20, 2025

Then that hearty laugh broke sharply off, as, behind him, the sweetest voice in all the world demanded the reason of this mad-sounding mirth. La Boulaye's breath seemed in that instant to forsake him and he grew paler than Nature and the writer's desk had fashioned him. Awkwardly he turned and made her a deep bow. "Mademoiselle! You you see that you surprised me!" he faltered, like a fool.

Rafael Sabatini - The Trampling of the Lilies