prose-fool

Updated: June 23, 2025

"I must say," remarked the Mistress of the House, "that although his action was natural enough, he was in great danger of becoming a prose-fool." "You are right, madam," said the gardener, "and Jaqui had some ideas of that kind himself. But it was of no use. She was an uncommonly attractive lady now that her mind came to the aid of her body.

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