tallowchandler's

Updated: August 31, 2025

The lady who made this speech was pretty, but O'Mooney had penetration enough to discover, in the course of the conversation, that she and her companions were far from being divinities; his three graces were a greengrocer's wife, a tallowchandler's widow, and a milliner.

Maria Edgeworth - Tales and Novels — Volume 04