out-commonplacing

Updated: May 2, 2025

And something angered Tamara in the way the Prince assisted in all this, out-commonplacing her friend in commonplaces with the suavest politeness, while his grave face betrayed him not even by a twinkle in the eye. Only when he caught hers; then he laughed a sudden short laugh, and he whispered: "What a perfect woman! everything in the right place.

Elinor Glyn - His Hour