rassurante

Updated: May 22, 2025

The Countess of Albany received him very well; and this good reception, the motherly cordiality of this woman with that light in her hazel eyes, that welcoming graciousness in the lines of her mouth, which Lamartine has charmingly described, with the "parole suave, manières sans apprêt, familiarité rassurante," "which made one doubt whether she was descending to the level of her visitor, or raising him up to her own," this reception by this woman, who was, moreover, still surrounded by a halo of Alfieri's glory, fairly conquered the heart, the pure, warm, grave and truthful heart of young Sismondi.

Vernon Lee - The Countess of Albany