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He recognized her instantly as the Marquise de Melcourt from her resemblance, in all those outlines which poudre de riz and cherry paste could not destroy, to the Guion type. The face would have still possessed the Guion beauty, had she given it a chance.
You'll find the Chariot d'Or at Melcourt a great deal nicer. Simple, but clean. An old chef of mine keeps it. Tell him I sent you. And ask for his poularde au riz." "What do you think of him?" Ashley's tone indicated some uncertainty as to what he thought himself. Indeed, uncertainty was indicated elsewhere than in his tone.
The history of the Hamlet and Tecla Mines had been in his own lifetime a fairy-tale come true. Madame de Melcourt nodded proudly. "My father had bought nearly two thousand shares when they were down to next to nothing. They came to me when he died. It was mere waste paper for years and years. Then all of a sudden pouff! they began to go up and up and I sold them when they were near a thousand.
I should think a most interesting book might be written on the Psychology of Slang, and if I wasn't so busy with other things " "Diane, I entreat you to answer me. Where is George?" "Why, I must have forgotten to tell you that he went to the Jockey Club with Monsieur de Melcourt " "You did tell me so; but that isn't all. Has he gone anywhere else?" "How should I know, petite mère?
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