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Adding to this spirit of noble independence the prestige of rank, beauty, and fortune; a temper of mingled sweetness and strength; versatile gifts controlled by an admirable reason; a serene and tranquil character; a playful humor, free from the caprices of a too exacting sensibility; a perfect savoir-faire, and we have the unusual combination which enabled her to hold her sway for so many years, without a word of censure from even the most scandal-loving of chroniclers.
To the fair Montmorency's very decided proclivity to gallantry was to be attributed if we may believe the scandal-loving Tallemant des Reaux her long confinement, by the Regent Marie de' Medici's consent, within the gloomy fortress of Vincennes, rather than any reason of State for her sharing her husband's imprisonment.
It is also a common sight to see the public apartments of the restaurants filled with people of both sexes. Ladies sit down even in the street with gentlemen, to sup chocolate or lemonade. There is not much eaves-dropping in Paris, and you can do as you please, nor fear curious eyes nor scandal-loving tongues. This is very different from London.
I never thought you could think such things, let alone breathe a word about them. I never " "John, John," said Mrs. Gallant, pleadingly, "don't, don't!" "I can't believe it's you," he said, angrily. "Some one has been putting these infernal thoughts into your head some gossiping, scandal-loving, evil-thinking " "My boy!"
"In the first place, if it be true, it is no slander, but simply a scandal-loving report. In the next place for you did not allow me to finish what I was saying the public does not assert that you have abandoned yourself to this passion.
Time and right, sensible living soon remove prejudice from the hearts of the good and stop the mouths of the cynical and scandal-loving. Alida's influence, and the farmer's broadening and more unselfish views gradually bought him into a better understanding of his faith, and into a kinder sympathy and charity for his neighbors than he had ever known.
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