Nesta's and her mother's were a perfect combination; Mr. Barmby's Trompe in union, sufficiently confirmed the popular impression, that they were artistes.
"One of Our Conquerors, v2"
George Meredith Edition: 10 Language: English
The serious Parisian, then, sees "un autre monsieur;" as it proves anon, there had been a divorce in the history of the lady, but the later widower is not yet aware of this, and explains to himself the presence of "un monsieur" in his own place by that weighty phrase, "Il s'est Trompe de defunte."
"Essays"
Alice Meynell
They are not all, it is true, so finely comic as "Il s'est Trompe de defunte."
"Essays"
Alice Meynell