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  • First, I had a scalp massage that used René Furterer Carthame scalp treatment, which nourishes the scalp and strengthens hair follicles.

    A Hair Treatment at Toka Salon : SunHee Grinnell Grinnell, SunHee 2008

  • In the little parlor he found the severe Madame Carthame, her adorable daughter, and the offensive Count Siccatif de Courtray.

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • As at Vandyke Brown's wedding Jaune d'Antimoine was radiantly magnificent in "The Marquis Suit," adding splendor to the ceremony and rendering himself most pleasing in the eyes of Rose Carthame; so, a month later, he was yet more radiant when he wore the famous suit again, in the church of Saint Vincent de Paul, and was himself married.

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • Perceiving that the force of fate inexorably was pressing upon her, Madame Carthame -- still in her night-cap -- bestowed upon Rose and Jaune the maternal blessing in a manner that, even allowing for the nightcap, was both stately and severe.

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • Mr.. Vandyke Brown, just home from her wedding journey, was the first -- after the kiss of Madame Carthame had been sternly bestowed -- to kiss the bride; and Mr. Badger Brush irreverently whispered to Conte Crayon that he wished, by gad! he had her chance!

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • That night an irresistible attraction drew him to the Carthame abode.

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • Carthame eyed his seedy garments askance; already, for Rose had admitted the truth of his suspicions in this dismal direction, Madame

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • And, in truth, the conduct of Rose was so perplexing, at times so atrociously exasperating, that a person much more deeply versed in women's ways than this young painter was, very well might have been puzzled hopelessly; for if ever a born flirt came out of France, that flirt was Rose Carthame.

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • Carthame had instituted most unfavorable comparisons between his own chronic shabbiness and the no less chronic splendor of the Count

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • Greatly to his relief, his reception was in the usual form: Madame Carthame conducted herself after the fashion of a well-bred iceberg; Rose endeavored to mitigate the severity of her parent's demeanor by her own affability; the Count, as much as possible, ignored his presence.

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

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