She would cry, perhaps; but she would like it better than the hot-house flowers and the riviera.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
I was still mystified why we had come to the riviera so early in the season, because the white and pale green paint of the hotels was not yet dry, and half of them not yet open.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux
The riviera is only pleasant before the season, or after.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux