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... Contessa Belrotoli , " there are human hearts . " She was speaking of Paris , whence she had but just returned with spring to her Venetian palace . " That is so true , " murmured her hostess Lady Lappin with her soft contem- plative air ...
... Contessa Belrotoli , " there are human hearts . " She was speaking of Paris , whence she had but just returned with spring to her Venetian palace . " That is so true , " murmured her hostess Lady Lappin with her soft contem- plative air ...
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... Contessa Belrotoli returned to Venice with the spring , and on a pleasant after- noon swept down from the second to the first floor of her palace , guest of her sympathetic English ' friend , and eager to enjoy one of those delightful ...
... Contessa Belrotoli returned to Venice with the spring , and on a pleasant after- noon swept down from the second to the first floor of her palace , guest of her sympathetic English ' friend , and eager to enjoy one of those delightful ...
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... standing and smiling before the Contessa's chair . He was very grateful for these hints and thought it a wonderful thing to have a wife who under- stood these delicate matters . He retired into the background AN ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN . 7.
... standing and smiling before the Contessa's chair . He was very grateful for these hints and thought it a wonderful thing to have a wife who under- stood these delicate matters . He retired into the background AN ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN . 7.
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... Contessa a little marred the artistic ease . More- over there was one small group of people who would not mingle with the other guests . Hugo Deane refused to yield to the soothing influence of the place and of the hour ; and neither ...
... Contessa a little marred the artistic ease . More- over there was one small group of people who would not mingle with the other guests . Hugo Deane refused to yield to the soothing influence of the place and of the hour ; and neither ...
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... Contessa Belrotoli whose abrupt transitions from intense repose to jerky movements seemed to compel her attention . She felt a slight fear of Mr Bonamy Playdell who had given her one of his slight elderly nods . She was more afraid of ...
... Contessa Belrotoli whose abrupt transitions from intense repose to jerky movements seemed to compel her attention . She felt a slight fear of Mr Bonamy Playdell who had given her one of his slight elderly nods . She was more afraid of ...
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