"Cany" Quotes from Famous Books
... called on the Couteliers, who were supposed to be the chief noble family in the province. Their property of Remenil adjoined the large town of Cany. The new chateau built in the reign of Louis XIV. was hidden in a magnificent park enclosed by walls. The ruins of the old chateau could be seen on an eminence. They were ushered into a stately reception room by men servants in livery. In the middle of the room a sort of column held an immense ... — Une Vie, A Piece of String and Other Stories • Guy de Maupassant |