I could not answer him so glibly as I wished, not so much for want of words as of breath; for he hugged me so tight that I began to be alarmed for my wind pipe. As soon, however, as I had got my head out of durance, I replied, Signor cavalier, I had not the least conception that my name was known at Pegnaflor.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 1 ch. 2
I could not answer him so glibly as I wished, not so much for want of words as of breath; for he hugged me so tight that I began to be alarmed for my wind pipe. As soon, however, as I had got my head out of durance, I replied, Signor cavalier, I had not the least conception that my name was known at Pegnaflor.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 1 ch. 2
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