The rush of Anglo-Saxon travel had not set toward the lakes, and with the exception of an Italian family or two, and a hump-backed youth with an abbe, Danyers and the lady had the marble halls of the Villa d'Este to themselves.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
The clerical youth introduced himself as the abbe Bouret, a hanger-on of the Bouillon household.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
The abbe had seen Adrienne a few nights earlier at the theater.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune