It was only for a moment, of course; but the count cautiously drew a little back as the Gasconading corporal, in blue uniform, white vest, and white gaiters-for my friend Gaillarde was as loud and swaggering in his assumed character as in his real one of a colonel of dragoons-drew near.
"The Room in the Dragon Volant"
J. Sheridan LeFanu
There were now added to the general chorus two voices, very different in quality; one was that of the Gasconading Colonel Gaillarde, who had with difficulty been kept in the background up to this; the other was that of my jolly friend Whistlewick, who had come to identify me.
"The Room in the Dragon Volant"
J. Sheridan LeFanu
For the rest, I calmly went on with my eulogy on courage; only that, instead of ludicrous Gasconading, which directly betrays the coward, I purposely expressed myself in words at once cool, clear, and firm.
"The Campaner Thal and Other Writings"
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter