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  • Slightly stocky, buxom, with shoulder-length jet-black hair, strong features, and a long face, Norelle clearly took after her mother.

    Ordermaster Modesitt, L. E. 2005

  • "White is always better with fowl," observed Norelle.

    Ordermaster Modesitt, L. E. 2005

  • "You were an officer on one of the lord-chancellor's ships, I understand," Arynal said smoothly, after a sharp look at Norelle.

    Ordermaster Modesitt, L. E. 2005

  • Norelle appeared unbelieving, and while Kharl was not attracted to either young woman, he was rapidly developing a dislike for Norelle, little as she had said.

    Ordermaster Modesitt, L. E. 2005

  • Norelle was the better-looking, and he doubted if he could have stayed in the same room alone with her for a glass without wanting to strangle her.

    Ordermaster Modesitt, L. E. 2005

  • Mora de Norelle stood before him, taller by half a head than he, flushed by long galloping in the night breeze; nerves strung to breaking point; eyes bright with the great unrest of a headlong leap into a new world.

    The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century 1891

  • Yet it was clear and unmistakable -- a dispensation, signed and sealed by the Pope, releasing Mora, Countess of Norelle, from all vows and promises taken and made when she entered the Nunnery of the White Ladies of Worcester, at Whytstone, in the parish of dairies, and later on when she became Prioress of that same

    The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century 1891

  • I happen to know that the Prioress, before she professed, was Mora, Countess of Norelle.

    The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century 1891

  • "Nay," replied the Bishop, "the Countess of Norelle, a very noble lady to whom the Knight is betrothed, rides hither with him."

    The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century 1891

  • His life-long quarrel with Earl Eustace de Norelle caused that our families, though dwelling within a three hours 'ride, were allowed no intercourse.

    The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century 1891

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