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The grand duchess had hardly more to say for herself than the grand duke, and her manner was less calculated to please her visitors. That which in the grand duke was evidently shyness and want of ready wit, took in the grand duchess the appearance of hauteur and the distant manner due to pride. She was a sister of the king of Naples, and was liked by no one.

There was a slight touch of hauteur in Vivian's tone. "And, if I may trouble you with something else " "No trouble at all. Another message?" "Not exactly. If you would take care of this little packet for me I should be glad. I am afraid of its being crushed or lost in the post. It is for Miss Heron." He produced a little parcel, carefully sealed and addressed. It looked like a small, square box.

The words fire, energy, abandon, found in him unprecedented meanings. I never heard a speaker or actor who could give such a sting to hauteur or the taunt. I never heard from any other the charm of unswervingly perfect vocalization without trenching at all on mere melody, the province of music.

He was sufficiently piqued to forget his usual hauteur and discretion. "Would you like to be?" she said. "Oh! Very much very much naturally," he replied severely. They were standing near a rose-bush in the garden; and she plucked a rose, and regarded it with deep interest. "Well," she said, next, "I must say I think I shouldn't have had such a good time if you hadn't been here.

John fancied that the best way out of this unpleasant cul-de-sac was by adopting a little energetic bluffing. "What do you mean by cross-examining me in my own house?" he cried, with affected hauteur, springing from the sofa. The magistrate rose at the same time. "Pardon me, but I am here not as a visitor, but in my official capacity as your judge."

'Don't you know him, Sir? demanded Mervyn. 'Why, said Dangerfield, with his chin a little elevated, and the tips of his fingers all brought together, and his elbows resting easily upon the arms of his chair, and altogether an involuntary air of hauteur, 'Charles Archer, perhaps you're not aware, was not exactly the most reputable acquaintance in the world; and my knowledge of him was very slight indeed wholly accidental and of very short duration.

She was the fashion at that time. And she probably did not know that at least half of the men crowded round because the other half were there. Nothing succeeds like the success that knows how to draw a crowd. She received the ovation self-possessedly enough, but without that hauteur affected by belles of balls in books.

"To become a manufacturer of fine phrases, a vender of words!" replied the countess, disdainfully. "An advantageous merchandise," answered Maurice, "one which it costs nothing, to manufacture but which may be sold dear." "Sold? You shock me more and more! Never has one who bore the name of de Gramont earned money!" replied the countess, with increased hauteur. "Very true, and very unfortunate!

Till he saw her there had been such a cold reserve and hauteur in his bearing, that the trepidation which she had felt about him at times, the day before, and which had worn quite away under the events of the morning, was renewed again, and the aspect, in which he had been so strange that she did not know him, seemed the only one that he had ever worn. This effect lasted till Mr.

Pelham." The speaker was Thornton. I thanked him coldly for his civility, and was going on, when he said, "If your way is up Pall Mall, I have no objection to join you for a few minutes." I bowed with some hauteur; and as I seldom refuse any opportunity of knowing more perfectly individual character, I said I should be happy of his company so long as our way lay together. "It is a cold night, Mr.