And they didn't have numbers and letters on them that might have seemed random. Those first license plates had initials, kind of like a monogram for your car.
While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher—shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange with monograms of Indian blue.
Of the four crystal glasses engraved with the count's monogram that stood before his plate, Pierre held out one at random and drank with enjoyment, gazing with ever-increasing amiability at the other guests.
" Right-hand drawer violet monogram for the notes, plain paper for the business letter. I'll see to that, though, " answered Rose, trying to decide whether Annabel or Emma should have the laced handkerchief.