mary-full-of-grace

Updated: June 1, 2025

The jealous husband cast so frightened a look at his wife that she almost pitied him. "Happiness, sire!" he stammered. "Ah! you love each other too much, is that it?" said the king, holding his daughter between his knees. "I did right to call you Mary-full-of-grace. Coyctier, leave us! Now, then, what do you want of me?" he said to his daughter the moment the doctor had gone.

Honoré de Balzac - Maitre Cornelius