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  • After my lesson, as I sat wolfing down some corned beef in Signora's front room, she stared at me over her chicory brew.

    The Seven-Pointed Star, part 1 of 2 l.e. butler 2011

  • Angela, soundly rated him as a most intolerable, ungallant lover for not submitting to all the Signora's caprices.

    Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 Various

  • "And a Cockney, besides!" said Lucy, who had been further saddened by the Signora's unexpected accent.

    A Room with a View 1924

  • The maid-servant had said something about the Signora's having left a letter for her; and there it lay on the writing-table, with her mail and Nick's; a thick envelope addressed in Ellie's childish scrawl, with a glaring "Private" dashed across the corner.

    The Glimpses of the Moon 1922

  • Furicchia had not long been gone, when the Signora's crafty face peeped slyly round the door.

    The Fairies and the Christmas Child 1912

  • At this, Furicchia's neighbours began to look askance at her; but the eggs were so good, and so moderate in price, that on second thoughts they decided to treat the Signora's hints with the contempt which they deserved.

    The Fairies and the Christmas Child 1912

  • "Signore, the Signora's face was like the face of one who has been looked on by the evil eye."

    A Spirit in Prison Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • There the Signora's dark eyes glared with surprise and agitation, seeing me intrude.

    Twilight in Italy 1907

  • "Do you think there is any danger to the Signora's happiness here?"

    A Spirit in Prison Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • The delight Hermia had taken in her new acquaintances -- Fabiani's bombast, Luigi's grace, and the Signora's motherly perquisites -- had lost some of its spontaneity since she had seen the expression on the face of the child Stella, when she had gone through her act of _dŽcarcasse_.

    Madcap George Gibbs 1906

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