Yet because she was shaped like a woman, youthful Pudicity, strong in the boy, bent his head, lowered his eyes to the ground.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
Women possess a power of mimicking Pudicity, a knowledge of secrets which might be those of a frightened dove, a particular register for singing, like Isabella, in the fourth act of Robert le Diable: Grace pour toi!
"The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete"
Honore de Balzac