mennuie

Updated: May 16, 2025

She was a Russian, of a very fine education, living peacefully in Paris up to the time that she wrote to her relatives a letter containing the following treasonable sentiment: "Je mennuie pour les neiges de Russie." The letter had been read by the French censor, as had B.'s letter; and her arrest and transference from her home in Paris to La Ferte Mace promptly followed.

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room