marciette

Updated: May 15, 2025

According to the fashion of that part of the country their baptismal names were spoken preceded by the definite article. The two little girls respectively ten and twelve years old were called "the Marciette" and "the Titi," and their younger brother, still a little chap, who did not, therefore, figure so largely in our plays, was called "the Medon."

Pierre Loti - The Story of a Child