spinning-toilette

Updated: May 13, 2025

So, my angel, you must be merciful." "Merciful!" said Mary, kissing the pale cheek, and feeling the cold little hands that trembled in hers. "So you will go down in your little spinning-toilette, mimi? I fancy you look as Joan of Arc did, when she was keeping her sheep at Domremy. Go, and God bless thee!" and Madame de Frontignac pushed her playfully forward.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859