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... hear their conversation , which at times . was rather stormy . The old Marquis , who had been one of the beaux of Louis XV.'s reign , was then a sort of bundle impossible to make out well , at a distance . His sister , like Mademoiselle ...
... hear their conversation , which at times . was rather stormy . The old Marquis , who had been one of the beaux of Louis XV.'s reign , was then a sort of bundle impossible to make out well , at a distance . His sister , like Mademoiselle ...
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... hear the story . " She did as I begged of her , and soon related the following narrative : - " My grandmother , who died at 102 - we all live to a wonderful age in our family - was a servant at Beaupré when the beautiful Mademoiselle ...
... hear the story . " She did as I begged of her , and soon related the following narrative : - " My grandmother , who died at 102 - we all live to a wonderful age in our family - was a servant at Beaupré when the beautiful Mademoiselle ...
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... hear anything about him . " " And how did you come to know all this ? " " My mother was brought up at the house , and knew all from her mother , and when I was older I , too , was told of it . None of us were nervous people , and we all ...
... hear anything about him . " " And how did you come to know all this ? " " My mother was brought up at the house , and knew all from her mother , and when I was older I , too , was told of it . None of us were nervous people , and we all ...
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... hear of it during some journey you are to take soon , and you will believe in me . " " What do you mean ? " said I to the old woman , unable to repress my astonishment . " That Bonaparte will cast away his wife to marry a princess - one ...
... hear of it during some journey you are to take soon , and you will believe in me . " " What do you mean ? " said I to the old woman , unable to repress my astonishment . " That Bonaparte will cast away his wife to marry a princess - one ...
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... hear from him now and then how this amiable woman would bear her misfortune . Towards nine o'clock the storm had passed away ; the moon in all her brilliant splendour rose in the blue ether , in the midst of the myriads of stars which ...
... hear from him now and then how this amiable woman would bear her misfortune . Towards nine o'clock the storm had passed away ; the moon in all her brilliant splendour rose in the blue ether , in the midst of the myriads of stars which ...
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