under-furnished

Updated: May 28, 2025

The glitter of four thousand francs in cash, and freedom, was too tempting. Thus Sophia became the proprietress of the Pension Frensham in the cold and correct Rue Lord Byron. She made room in it for nearly all her other furniture, so that instead of being under-furnished, as pensions usually are, it was over-furnished.

Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale