ponsett

Updated: June 12, 2025

"Almia de Ponsett is the name of a beautiful new white tea-rose." "Not at all," said the young lady, drawing her eyebrows slightly together; "there is no 'de Ponsett' about it, and her name has nothing to do with tea-roses. It is simply Almia. She grew more and more dissatisfied every day the war went on. Everybody who was worth anything was doing something, and here she was doing nothing.

Frank Richard Stockton - John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein

"Now it happened that at the time of my story there was a war in the land, and a great many people with whom my heroine was acquainted went forth to do battle for their country and their principles, or to act patriotically in some other way than fighting. I forgot to say that my heroine is named Almia " "De Ponsett, I suppose," interrupted John Gayther.

Frank Richard Stockton - John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein