out-margareted

Updated: May 17, 2025

"By gad !" said the Colonel. But Mr. Woods was half-way out of the vestibule. Mr. Woods was in an unenviable state of perturbation. He could not quite believe that Peggy had destroyed the will; the thing out-Heroded Herod, out-Margareted Margaret.

James Branch Cabell - The Eagle's Shadow