"Kirtled" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... preens her feathers in the hope—the very touching hope, certainly—of offering us a moment's distraction, some day, between two songs. We are so sure of ourself that we never hesitate, not even when the lady is a visitor, and not quite the ordinary short-kirtled Hen whom one can engage without further ceremony ...
— Chantecler - Play in Four Acts • Edmond Rostand |
