lef'in

Updated: May 12, 2025

Then reverently and with the pride of his gallant office vibrant in every line of his slight figure, invested in white satin and very grand, as he had prophesied, M. le Duc de Chateaurien handed Lady Mary Carlisle down the steps, an achievement which had figured in the ambitions of seven other gentlemen during the evening. "Am I to be lef'in such onhappiness?" he said in a low voice.

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