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"I will speak to him of it the first time I see him." "Oh, you are a charming woman. You will obtain all from the king, and make a sure friend " "Whose friendship is very difficult to acquire," said I, interrupting her. The countess would have replied to this, when my first <valet-de-chambre>, opening the two folding-doors of the room, announced the king.
On these "coquettes of the second table," on these underplots in the drama, much of the comedy, and some of the tragedy, of life depend. Under the unsuspected mask of stupidity this worthy mistress of our intriguing valet-de-chambre concealed the quick ears of a listener, and the demure eyes of a spy. Long, however, did she listen, and long did she spy in vain, till at last Mr.
"You know that the Duc de Maine and the Comte de Toulouse have left the council?" asked Valef. "I was on the quay when he passed in his carriage, and he recognized me, and stopped the carriage, and sent me this little pencil note by his valet-de-chambre."
He therefore had recourse to his valet-de-chambre, who understood the hint as soon as it was given, and readily undertook to perform the part of which his master had played the prelude.
Which is the more honourable? to crouch for a salary brought by the hand of the first valet-de-chambre, or to exult in the tribute offered by the public to an author? Cervantes is immortal Rabelais and STERNE have passed away to the curious. These fraternal geniuses alike chose their subjects from their own times.
After being here confined three days, he was called up at midnight on the 18th and informed that he must prepare for a journey. He desired to have the assistance of his valet-de-chambre, and was refused: they permitted him to pack up two shirts, and the journey immediately begun.
Fraught with these heroic sentiments, he determined to set out for Sussex in his chariot and six, attended by his valet-de-chambre and two footmen; and as he was now sensible that in his last essay he had mistaken his cue, he determined to change his battery, and sap the fortress, by the most submissive, soft, and insinuating behaviour.
Moreover, when the valet-de-chambre offered to help him to undress, Buvat, who found a slight difficulty in expressing his thoughts, contented himself with smiling in sign of approbation; then extended his arms to have his coat taken off, then his legs to have his slippers removed; but, in spite of his state of exaltation, it is only just to Buvat to say, that it was only when he found himself alone that he laid aside the rest of his garments.
Baleinier wishes to know if her Highness the Princess can receive him," asked the valet-de-chambre. "Certainly. Beg him to walk in." "There is also a gentleman that M. l'Abbe appointed to be here at noon, by whose orders I have left him waiting in the oratory." "'Tis the person in question," said the marquis to the princess. "We must have him in first. 'Twould be useless for Dr.
Everything would have succeeded according to their wish, had not the valet-de-chambre suffered himself to fall asleep at the side of his inamorata, and, in the agitation of a violent dream, exclaimed in a voice so unlike that of her supposed adorer, that she distinguished the difference at once.
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