saint-remy

Updated: June 5, 2025

Without the amour of Henri II., there would have been no Jeanne de Valois; without the hope that Louis XV. would stick at nothing to please Madame du Barry, the diamond necklace would never have been woven. Henri II. loved, about 1550, a lady named Nicole de Savigny, and by her had a son, Henri de Saint-Remy, whom he legitimated.

Andrew Lang - Historical Mysteries

"I do not give in my resignation, madame; I take another service, that is all." "In the bourgeoisie or in the robe?" asked Madame de Saint-Remy, disdainfully. "Please to learn, madame, that I am not a girl to serve either bourgeoises or robines; and that instead of the miserable court at which you vegetate, I am going to reside in a court almost royal."

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later

He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures. The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later

But this brave guard knew very well that no officer would appear, seeing that the only one who could have appeared dwelt at the other side of the castle, in an apartment looking into the gardens. So he hastened to add: "The officer, monsieur, is on his rounds; but, in his absence, M. de Saint-Remy, the maitre d'hotel, shall be informed."

Alexandre Dumas - The Vicomte De Bragelonne

"I do not give in my resignation, madame; I take another service, that is all." "In the bourgeoisie or in the robe?" asked Madame de Saint-Remy, disdainfully. "Please to learn, madame, that I am not a girl to serve either bourgeoises or robines, and that instead of the miserable court at which you vegetate, I am going to reside in a court almost royal."

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later

"Nevertheless, Raoul, you must go to Blois and you must make your excuses and mine to Madame de Saint-Remy." The youth looked pleased.

Alexandre Dumas - Twenty Years After

Monsieur pushed away his plate. "Shall I tell the envoy to wait?" asked M. de Saint-Remy. A glance from Madame emboldened Gaston, who replied: "No, no! let him come in at once, on the contrary. A propos, who is he?" "A gentleman of this country, M. le Vicomte de Bragelonne." "Ah, very well! Introduce him, Saint-Remy introduce him."

Alexandre Dumas - The Vicomte De Bragelonne

It was Madame de Saint-Remy who uttered the cry and the angry words. The unlucky Malicorne almost crushed her between the wall and the door she was coming in at. "It is again that good-for-nothing!" cried the old lady. "Always here!" "Ah, madame!" replied Malicorne, in a respectful tone; "it is eight long days since I was here." In which we at length see the true Heroine of this History appear

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later

The workmen of Acqueville, Liffard, Pierre-Pont, and Saint-Rémy were marching on Chavignolles. The sheds were shut up. The municipal council assembled and passed a resolution, to prevent catastrophes, that no resistance should be offered. The gendarmes were kept in, and orders were given to them not to show themselves. Soon was heard, as it were, the rumbling of a storm.

Gustave Flaubert - Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life

Now, you are right, my dear Louise, because after these words, 'Monsieur Raoul, others may be put so significant and so incendiary as to cause Madame de Saint-Remy to burst out into fire and flames! Hein! is not that true now? say." And Montalais redoubled her laughter and noisy provocations.

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later