Critical of Loti's sexist exploitation of women in his serial performances as an Orientalist writer, Marie Léra (writing under the andronym of 'Marc Hélys') persuaded a couple of friends she visited in Constantinople to join her in masquerading as veiled Turkish women when meeting the novelist

On an Imperial Crown proper, a lion sejant affronty gules, armed and langued azure...

Rice has a mild flavor and does not overpower the overall taste of any sweet baked good

The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.