maillard's

Updated: June 20, 2025

He was sticking his little evil, eager red tongue out at the world. And he wore a very smart and woolly white sweater, of the imported kind with a monogram done in black. The traffic policeman put up his hand. The 'bus rumbled on down the street. Names that had always been remotely mythical to her now met her eye and became realities. Maillard's. And that great red stone castle was the Waldorf.

Edna Ferber - Fanny Herself