Lady cowry has it from Sir Meeson Corby, who had it from the poor dowager, that Lord Fleetwood has installed the man in his house and sits at the opposite end of his table; fished him up from Whitechapel, where the countess is left serving oranges at a small fruit-shop.
"The Amazing Marriage, v3"
George Meredith Edition: 10 Language: English
Lady Endor, Lady Eldritch, Lady cowry, kindled at her.
"The Amazing Marriage, v3"
George Meredith Edition: 10 Language: English
In the interior, the sides of the walls are often beautifully lined with the stems of reeds, fashioned very neatly, and in some cases in really artistic patterns, and tied together with thin ropes of coconut fibre, dyed various colours, and often ornamented with rows of large white cowry shells.
"Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines"
H. Wilfrid Walker