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Deane worked to such good purpose that by October, 1776, he had sent clothing for twenty thousand men, muskets for thirty thousand and large quantities of ammunition. A fictitious French house, which went by the name of Hortalaz et Cie, acted as agent and carried on the necessary business from Paris.
'Stop! said the lawyer, after a moment's thought; 'I remember this detail my agent told me that M. Brenart was engaged in some work for "D et Cie" he named a great picture-dealing firm on the Boulevard St. Germain, famous for their illustrated books and editions de luxe. 'He did not hear what it was, but ah!
In 1901 her picture, "A Dutch Bargain," was etched and engraved. "Hush-a-Bye Baby" and "Good-by, Summer," have been published by Messrs. De la Rue et Cie. She has successfully illustrated the following children's books: "Sixes and Sevens," "The Land of Little People," "Children's Prayers," and "Children's Hymns." To the Academy Exhibition of 1903 Mrs. Lewis sent "On the Mountain-side, Engelberg."
A Phantom or a Paris magnate. What the Mayor of High Wycombe? Ah! what indeed! With an Introduction by Joseph Reinach. Ulmo et Cie. The railway gives you seclusion. If you are in an express alone you are in the only spot in Western Europe where you can be certain of two or three hours to yourself. At home in the dead of night you may be wakened by a policeman or a sleep-walker or a dog.
Still, it would have been unwise to tell secrets in English when she was near. Seeing that she had no intention of passing on the introduction, Clotilde et Cie. retired gracefully, each of the four a thousand francs richer and a thousand times happier than she had been five minutes before. "What about supper?" said Hannaford. "Gambling always makes me hungry. I'm in luck to-night.
Occasionally he took a service, but his real job was, as mess secretary, to despatch the man to town for the shopping and afterwards go and settle the bills. Just at present he was wondering sleepily whether to continue ordering fish from the big merchants, Biais Frères et Cie, or to go down to the market and choose it for himself.
The word "lace," in Madame Cie's bill, invariably meant machine-made trash, worth tenpence a yard, but charged eighteen shillings a yard for one pennyworth of work in putting it on. Where real lace was used, Madame Cie always LET HER CUSTOMERS KNOW IT. Miss Lucas's bill for this year contained the two following little items:
Amongst the latter was Monbro, a Frenchman, who established himself in Berners Street, London, and made furniture of an ornamental character in the style of his countrymen, reproducing the older designs of "Boule" and Marqueterie furniture. The present house of Mellier and Cie. are his successors, Mellier having been in his employ.
I am kept quite busy at Laurette et Cie., thank goodness. I thought at first that Cie was the name of the junior partner, and looked forward to meeting him. "Miss Nicholas, shake hands with Mr. I hang around and sidle up to the customers when they come in, and say, "Chawming weather, moddom!" I shouldn't mind going on like this for the next few years, but Mr. Faucitt is determined to sell.
George passed the box with an exclamation and a shudder. It bore a large label, "From Worth et Cie," and was addressed to Lady Tressady. But Letty stopped short, with a sudden look of pleasure. "You go to her. I will have this unpacked." He went up and coaxed his mother like a child to take her soup and champagne. And presently, just as she was revived enough to talk to him, Letty appeared.
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