sylvaine

Updated: June 5, 2025

"True, father: there are some good girls in our village. There's Louise and Sylvaine and Claudie and Marguerite any one you please, in fact." "Softly, softly, my boy, all those girls are too young or too poor or too pretty; for we must think of that, too, my son. A pretty woman isn't always as steady as a plainer one." "Do you want me to take an ugly one, pray?" said Germain, a little disturbed.

George Sand - The Devil's Pool