"Ninepin" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the notable and physical differences between the qualities of her old husband and perfections of the said Gauttier, a gentleman who was not over affected with his twenty-three years, but held himself upright as a ninepin in the saddle, and as wide-awake as the matin chimes, while in contrast to him, slept the seneschal; he had courage and dexterity there where his master failed. He was one of those smart fellows whom the jades would sooner wear ...
— Droll Stories, Complete - Collected From The Abbeys Of Touraine • Honore de Balzac |
