r-r-raf-fi-we

Updated: June 2, 2025

Toward the end of the evening we discussed the probable character of a certain dessert, suggesting some doubt of taking it. You might as well have doubted his honor. "Mais, monsieur!" He waved his arms. "C'est delicieux! ... C'est merveilleux! ... C'est quelque chose" slowly, with thumb and first finger pressed together "de r-r-raf-fi-we!"...

Arthur Ruhl - Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them