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"Of course he has changed somewhat," returned Miss Asenath, rubbing together her white, bony hands, on one of which a costly diamond was flashing. "Nearly two years of Paris society must have imparted to him that air distingué so desirable in a young man who has traveled."
Ordinarily little exception could have been taken to the mirrored face; it was intellectual; no sign-manual of cardinal sin had been placed upon it; it was neither low, nor brutal, nor wolfishly cunning in expression. Its pallor rather loaned an air of distingue, but and the examination was being conducted for the benefit of a girl of twenty it was the full-aged visage of a man of forty.
"Imagine my surprise in discovering in one of the rooms of this dull house, the portrait of a woman so beautiful, charming and distingué, that it seemed placed there expressly to continually mock and scoff at that wicked red nose. The portrait so closely resembled one of my old class-mates, that I could not refrain from questioning the old miser about it.
Marian could endure the air distingue, but could hardly swallow the fashionable young man, an expression which only conveyed to her mind the idea of Elliot Lyddell and his moustached friends. However, she knew it was meant for high praise, and her present amiable fit was strong enough to prevent her from taking it as an insult.
I had owed the honour of this invitation to my intimacy with the s, the great friends of the duchesse, and I promised myself some pleasure in the engagement. There were but eight or nine persons present when I entered the royal chamber. The most distingue of these I recognized immediately as the . He came forward with much grace as I approached, and expressed his pleasure at seeing me.
Any girl may boast of being free from susceptibilities of a disastrous kind, but few girls a la mode to-day can overcome the resistless fascination of a dreamy waltz, and Honor Edgeworth who was the very poetry of motion in herself, was lost to everything else but her waltz at this moment how well Vivian Standish guided, she thought how well he held himself! how distingue he looked!
Upon which the unhappy Mirobolant relinquished the arm which he had held for a minute, and with a most profound and piteous bow, fell back. "Don't you know who it is?" Strong asked of Miss Amory, as he led her away. "It is the chef Mirobolant." "How should I know?" asked Blanche. "He has a croix; he is very distingue; he has beautiful eyes."
"If she were, I should not tell you. I never spoil people by complimenting them even though it be over someone's else shoulder. No, she is not beautiful. She's more than that. She's distingué." She smiled blandly at Hester. "I'm afraid I do not know what you mean. That word is new to me." "It would not be if you could see it printed. It is no doubt, one of your most intimate words.
Besides, what a deceitful fellow Smith was, and how he defrauded me." "And how she has restored it!" "I hope Harold will not go and get those nuggets changed into specie. They would make splendid ornaments so distingue with such a story attached to them."
"Un Monsieur tres distingue," Madame Lamotte found him; and presently, "Tres amical, tres gentil," watching his eyes upon her daughter. She was one of those generously built, fine-faced, dark-haired Frenchwomen, whose every action and tone of voice inspire perfect confidence in the thoroughness of their domestic tastes, their knowledge of cooking, and the careful increase of their bank balances.
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