Once a Week, Volume 15Bradbury and Evans, 1866 |
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... Marchin , to give notice of her coming , and saying she should await their answer at Périgueux , the governor undertaking to forward the letters . La Roche - Vernay , the governor , provided an escort of thirty horsemen , and prepared ...
... Marchin , to give notice of her coming , and saying she should await their answer at Périgueux , the governor undertaking to forward the letters . La Roche - Vernay , the governor , provided an escort of thirty horsemen , and prepared ...
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... Marchin , and open- ing her mission . They welcomed her affec- tionately . " Madame de Marchin , " she says , was at her toilette when I called the first time , but as soon as she heard who it was , she came tête - nue to welcome me ...
... Marchin , and open- ing her mission . They welcomed her affec- tionately . " Madame de Marchin , " she says , was at her toilette when I called the first time , but as soon as she heard who it was , she came tête - nue to welcome me ...
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... Marchin with what had happened . In the midst of this rencontre , Catherine says she never lost her presence of mind , though inly feeling it was all up with them . When , how- ever , she knew that Jourdain would in all probability ...
... Marchin with what had happened . In the midst of this rencontre , Catherine says she never lost her presence of mind , though inly feeling it was all up with them . When , how- ever , she knew that Jourdain would in all probability ...
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... Marchin , " said he , taking her hand , 66 come and see M. de Ribérac . " " Whom do you call M. de Marchin ? ” ' Why you , whom they say are the Gene- ral . " On seeing Catherine's fine womanly coun- tenance , the governor hung his head ...
... Marchin , " said he , taking her hand , 66 come and see M. de Ribérac . " " Whom do you call M. de Marchin ? ” ' Why you , whom they say are the Gene- ral . " On seeing Catherine's fine womanly coun- tenance , the governor hung his head ...
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... Marchin . " It will be dangerous , " replied the Car- dinal . A long interval occurs now in the history of Madame de la Guette , unmarked by any event of consequence till the year 1665 , when she was called on to bear the last great ...
... Marchin . " It will be dangerous , " replied the Car- dinal . A long interval occurs now in the history of Madame de la Guette , unmarked by any event of consequence till the year 1665 , when she was called on to bear the last great ...
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