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  • She flung her arms around the Duchesse's neck and began to cry with excitement and joy.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

  • She flung her arms around the Duchesse's neck and began to cry with excitement and joy.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

  • But the Duchesse's manner had been very formal, almost solemn; and as for the other -- Sylvia could still feel the dim, yet terribly searching, eyes fixed on her face, and she wondered nervously what sort of effect she had produced on the old Marquise.

    The Chink in the Armour Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907

  • In the covered courtyard stood the Duchesse's carriage.

    The Chink in the Armour Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907

  • No doubt M. le Comte de Cambray expected that at this awful announcement, Mme. la Duchesse's indignation and anger would know no bounds.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • His mouth felt dry and his head hot, and he did not know on which foot he could stand with the least possible discomfort, and how he could contrive to hide from Madame la Duchesse's piercing eyes that very obvious patch in the right knee of his breeches.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • But already Crystal had torn her hands out of Mme. la Duchesse's grasp and now was struggling to free herself from Jeanne's terrified and clinging embrace.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • "It can't be very difficult to be kind to such an attractive young man," was Mme. la Duchesse's dry comment.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • Suddenly the cumbrous vehicle gave a terrific lurch, which sent the unsuspecting Jeanne flying into Mme. la Duchesse's lap and threw Crystal with equal violence against her father's knees.

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

  • Mme. la Duchesse's journey north, directly after the wedding!

    The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906

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