Crossword-Solution: ZELIE 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 14

Zelie Minard, formerly a flower-maker, felt an ardent passion for the upper social spheres, and desired to enter them through the marriages of her son and daughter; whereas Minard, wiser than she, and imbued with the vigor of the middle classes, which the revolution of July had infiltrated into the fibres of government, thought only of wealth and fortune.

Zelie, my wife, heard it from Josephine, who wanted, lately, to enter our service; the matter came to nothing, for Francoise, our woman, who thought of marrying, changed her mind.

Zelie speaking in good faith? To ask the question would have been rather naive; but an effort might be made to find out.

Zelie Cadelle said nothing about; for she was laughing most heartily, --a frank and sonorous laughter.

Zelie’s countenance, and, changing suddenly her tone and her manner, “Unfortunately,” she went on, “one gets tired of every thing.