http://wordie.org/words/cerise Comments for the word 'Cerise' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/cerise#comments "The ships were massive, built like pieces of architecture, and seemed almost amphibious, like lesser Venices set in the heart of the greater, when, moored to the banks by gangways decked with crimson satin and Persian carpets, they bore their freight of ladies in cerise brocade and green damask close under the balconies incrusted with multicoloured marble from which other ladies leaned to gaze at them, in gowns with black sleeves slashed with white pearls or bordered with lace."<br /><br />-- Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin, Revised by D.J. Enright, p 653 of the Modern Library paperback edition Wed, 07 May 2008 01:22:24 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/cerise#comments