paraphe

Updated: May 23, 2025

It was therefore not improper that the man of the paraphe and a wondrous paraphe his signature had, flourishing from edge to edge of a foolscap page, in woolly and laborious curves should, when called upon next morning, treat his best client to his best office manners.

W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall - The False Chevalier: or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette