trompe-la

Updated: May 4, 2025

In Trompe-la Mort, who had escaped eight years since, this trick had to a great extent worn off; but just now, lost in reflections, he walked at such a slow and solemn pace that, slight as the limp was, it was strikingly evident to so practiced an eye as la Pouraille's.

Honoré de Balzac - Scenes from a Courtesan's Life