concept
charmante
French for "charming"; the general mangles the borrowed word into a nonsense endearment, part of a running joke about affected use of foreign phrases.
Reading notes
- A Heroine of a Lady §4 charmante
French for "charming"; the general mangles the borrowed word into a nonsense endearment, part of the story's running joke about his fondness for foreign phrases he half-understands.