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Updated: May 27, 2025

"Unless I were a Countess!" continued Victoria, meditatively, looking at Alexandria, and paying no attention to his lordship; "I think I could manage if I were a C-c-countess. It is such a pretty title!" "Duchess is commonly thought a prettier one," stammered Dunbeg, much embarrassed. The young man was not used to chaff from women. "I should be satisfied with Countess. It sounds well.

Henry Adams - Democracy, an American novel