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Rose, elle a vecu la vie des roses, has been trimmed, has been watered, has been potted, has been sticked, has been cut, worn, given away, transferred to yonder boy's pocket-book and bosom, according to the laws and fate appertaining to roses. And how came Maria to give it to Harry? And how did he come to want it and to prize it so passionately when he got the bit of rubbish?
Having done what we had to do there, my Lord carried me and set me down at the New Exchange, where I staid at Pottle's shop till Betty Michell come, which she did about five o'clock, and was surprised not to 'trouver my muger' I there; but I did make an excuse good enough, and so I took 'elle' down, and over the water to the cabinet-maker's, and there bought a dressing-box for her for 20s., but would require an hour's time to make fit.
If you stay in the room, Emily will just sit there and stare; but if you go out, she will begin to read, perhaps, or go and look out of the window. Then if she heard either of us coming, she would just run back and jump into her chair and pretend she had been there all the time." "Comme elle est drole!" Mariette said to herself, and when she went downstairs she told the head housemaid about it.
A man so gifted could express all the imbecilities he liked. Elle s'enfichait. As a result, before it was over, in lieu of her back, she gave him the seduction of her smile, and, later when, in his car, on the way to the walk-up, he spoke of future dinners, fresher songs, she had so far forgotten the painted mush insult, that momentarily she foresaw but one objection.
"You had a good dinner, Monsieur?" "Excellent, thank you, Madame." "Oh, Monsieur;" she caught Traill's arm and detained him as Sally went out in front. "Oh monsieur elle est charmante!" Her eyes lifted and her hands carried the words upwards to heaven, if need be. Traill threw back his head and laughed. "Madame vous etes trop romanesque pour ce monde." "Ah, non, Monsieur je suis ce que je suis.
I recollect that one day, when I was not supposed to be in hearing, one of the officers said to another, "Ma foi, elle est jolie elle a besoin de deux ans, et elle sera parfaite." So childish and innocent was I at that time, that I could not imagine what they meant. "Why was I to be two years older?" I thought, and puzzled over it till I fell fast asleep.
That was when you were staying with those old women. So it's she. Elle est encore jolie?" Katerina Ivanovna was a strong, bright, energetic, talkative woman of 60. She was tall and very stout, and had a decided black moustache on her lip. Nekhludoff was fond of her and had even as a child been infected by her energy and mirth. "No, ma tante, that's at an end.
She handled her brushes with a certain ease and freedom which came, not from long and close acquaintance with them, but from a natural aptitude. Robert followed her work with close attention, giving forth little ejaculatory expressions of appreciation in French, which he addressed to Madame Ratignolle. "Mais ce n'est pas mal! Elle s'y connait, elle a de la force, oui."
Hippolyte was waiting among the other servants with our peignoirs, and presently he clapped his hands to insure attention, and shouted, "Il ne faut pas que Madame la Baronne reste trop longtemps se mouillant les pieds, elle prendrait froid, mieux vaut sortir de l'eau!"
It was at this time that Catalani met her and declared, "Elle est la première de son genre, mais son genre n'est pas le premier," and a celebrated flute-player on her being introduced to him by a musical professor was accosted with the words, "Ecco il tuo rivale."
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