zazel

Updated: May 24, 2025

"Just a poor devil who worships the ground you tread on." Dora laughed scornfully. "Second edition!" said she. "The first dedicated to Miss Travers." Dora shot it almost looked as if something had shot her, as it used, in old days, Miss Zazel up from her seat. "I thought I was talking to a gentleman," said she, "I suppose you'll use that expression about me in a week."

Anthony Hope - Comedies of Courtship

"Don't you know how you take a flying jump on to a fellow's head at school, when he snores in the dormitory? The Boh was sleeping in a bedful of swords and pistols, and Hicksey came down like Zazel through the netting, and the net got mixed up with the pistols and the Boh and Hicksey, and they all rolled on the floor together.

Rudyard Kipling - Soldiers Three - Part 2