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Bréville, they are all from Paris; and yet I'll wager that no larder in the village is better stocked than Monsieur le Curé's, for every housewife vies with her neighbour in ready-cooked donations since the young man from Bonville was accepted.
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Now and then she squinted over her fat jowls veined with purple, plying her mate with short, savage questions, for he had sold cattle that day at the market at Bonville.
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The reason is that no good Suzette can be found to replace the one whom he married to a young farmer from Bonville.
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"My Lady of Bonville," said the young duke, laying his hand on her arm,
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Lady of Bonville, perchance somewhat moves him to forget the day when
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The Lady of Bonville eyed him for some moments with an unutterable expression of melancholy and tenderness.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Bonville had been the earl's favourite sister; he wrote to her at the convent to which she had retired, praying her affectionately to come to
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Lady Bonville, for her visit to the court had expired.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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As the Lady of Bonville swept by these gentlemen, their murmur of respectful homage, their profound salutation, and unbonneted heads, contrasted forcibly with the slight and grave, if not scornful, obeisance they had just rendered to one of the queen's sisters, who had passed a moment before in the same direction.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"My child, thou art entangling thy skein," said the lady of Bonville, as she passed one of the maidens, towards the casement, which she opened, -- "the air to-day weighs heavily!"
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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