word-tornadoes

Updated: June 9, 2025

Under pretence of giving me good advice and telling me what to do, you have lost me my annuity and the gentlemen's confidence. . . ." One of the word-tornadoes in which she excelled was in full progress, but Fraisier cut her short. "This is idle talk. The facts, the facts! and be quick about it." "Well; it came about in this way," and she told him of the scene which she had just come through.

Honoré de Balzac - Poor Relations

Under pretence of giving me good advice and telling me what to do, you have lost me my annuity and the gentlemen's confidence...." One of the word-tornadoes in which she excelled was in full progress, but Fraisier cut her short. "This is idle talk. The facts, the facts! and be quick about it." "Well; it came about in this way," and she told him of the scene which she had just come through.

Honoré de Balzac - Cousin Pons