mauvaisecorne

Updated: May 17, 2025

"No, monsieur le comte, he wishes to make a present of it." "To whom?" "To myself, monsieur." "Why did you not say so at once, my dear M. Mauvaisecorne?" "Malicorne, monsieur le comte." "Forgive me; it is that Latin that bothers me that terrible mine of etymologies. Why the deuce are young men of family taught Latin? Mala and mauvaise you understand it is the same thing.

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later

"No, monsieur le comte, he wishes to make a present of it." "To whom?" "To myself, monsieur." "Why did you not say so at once, my dear M. Mauvaisecorne?" "Malicorne, monsieur le comte." "Forgive me; it is the Latin that bothers me that terrible mine of etymologies. Why the deuce are young men of family taught Latin? Mala and mauvaise you understand it is the same thing.

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later