pretorium

Updated: June 15, 2025

But the old warrior, who was always extremely rough, hastened into his pretorium, and blew him up sky-high, ordering him, under the pain of the gallows, to marry the girl; which the soldier preferred to do, thinking more of his neck than of his peace of mind.

Honoré de Balzac - Droll Stories — Complete : Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine