Crossword-Solution: VILLES 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 9

The cheap rapidity which has made our villes de plaisir and cotes d'azur what they are, has made unwieldy boroughs of suburban villages, and what the rail has done for a radius of a dozen miles, the motor is rapidly doing for one of a score.

Silos was in a way a sage--but such a human sage! He never intruded with theories, he never even hinted at the folly of the mortals who bought or despised his goods, or with whom he chatted by the wayside, though he may have had his ideas on the subject: it is certain that presently one began to have one's own: nor did he exclaim with George Sand, "Il n'y a rien de plus betement mechant que l'habitant des petites villes!" Somehow the meannesses and jealousies were accounted for, if not excused.

Silos was in a way a sage--but such a human sage! He never intruded with theories, he never even hinted at the folly of the mortals who bought or despised his goods, or with whom he chatted by the wayside, though he may have had his ideas on the subject: it is certain that presently one began to have one's own: nor did he exclaim with George Sand, “Il n'y a rien de plus betement mechant que l'habitant des petites villes!” Somehow the meannesses and jealousies were accounted for, if not excused.

Cette belle chambre où la lettre venait de s’écrire était la sienne: un lit tout neuf à la mode des villes avec des rideaux en mousseline, une dentelle au bord; et, sur les épaisses murailles, un papier de couleur claire atténuant les irrégularités du granit.

Elle enlevait ses vêtements avec la lenteur distraite d’une fille qui rêve: d’abord sa coiffe de mousseline, puis sa robe élégante, ajustée à la mode des villes, qu’elle jeta au hasard sur une chaise.