On one of the benches sat the young Chronique scandaleuse whom I have long ceased to bow to, as she tosses her head whenever I come near her.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
From them all we received congratulations, and they all assured us that they had known it long ago; to which Morrik answered that in that case they had known more than we ourselves had done; he even joked with the little Chronique scandaleuse, who alone persisted in treating me with icy coldness.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
From the date of the publication of this Chronique scandaleuse, and thanks to Gibbon's trenchant paraphrase of its vilest sections, Theodora was condemned.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll