"Fiacre" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to death. She felt as if her limbs would give way beneath her. The driver of a fiacre looked at her and drew ...
— The Phantom Lover • Ruby M. Ayres
... the least embarrassment: "Pardon me, I told your ladyship that I was unacquainted with the cavalier. He awaits my return in the flower-market, and lest I should be too long absent, he hired a fiacre to bring ...
— Prince Eugene and His Times • L. Muhlbach
... Hortense hands the woman a package of bank-notes. "Leave here as if for a walk. Take a 'fiacre' on the street, and go to your friends. You tell me you have some discreet ones. Tell them you have a child to take care of. Say no more. They will guess the rest. I want the child to be left to-morrow morning. After ...
— The Little Lady of Lagunitas • Richard Henry Savage
... father added, with a laugh, "Not a word." Fraulein Schult felt that she knew what was expected of her. She was naturally compliant, and above all things she was anxious to get paid for as many hours of her time as possible—much like the driver of a fiacre, because the more money she could make the sooner she would be in a position to espouse ...
— Jacqueline, v1 • Th. Bentzon (Mme. Blanc)
... but it was more expressive of curiosity than surprise; he then hurried away to carry out the remarkable orders Anne had dryly transmitted to him. Soon after he reappeared, and announced that the other fiacre was there. Fido, released from the captivity of the dog-box, sprang upon the countess with short-breathed barks that soon degenerated into a cough, and wagged his tail and frolicked madly about. When Pilar ...
— The Malady of the Century • Max Nordau |
