ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏛ ᎠᎾᎵᏍᎩᏍᎬ, ᎤᎾᏓᏂᎳᎩ ᎤᏅᏌ ᎨᏍᏗ ᎠᏎ ᏦᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᏧᎾᎭᎾᏬᏍᏗ ᏱᎨᏎ, ᏍᎩᎾᎾ ᏄᏪᏒ ᎦᎳᎱᏂ, ᎠᏓᏅᏖᎵᏙ ᎠᏣᏅᏙᏗ ᏱᏚᏩᏛᎲᎾ.
It was a fancy ball where only the eldest senators were excused for arriving en habit de ville—a phrase I overheard Calhoun use in begging the pardon of the hostess for his failure to find a suitable costume.