retreatant's

Updated: March 1, 2026

It contains, what shall I call it? a school dining-room, and a retreatant's drawing-room, and so gives at once the impression of old age and childhood." "I know that class of convents," said Durtal. "I used often to see one, when I used to visit an old aunt at Versailles.

J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans - En Route