Jack, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1900 - 409 pages |
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Page xvii
... Barancy , soi - disant comtesse , and her Vicomte . This unique pair will live while French literature lasts as the hero and heroine of the most respectable liaison that has ever graced the pages of a French novel ! The pair do not make ...
... Barancy , soi - disant comtesse , and her Vicomte . This unique pair will live while French literature lasts as the hero and heroine of the most respectable liaison that has ever graced the pages of a French novel ! The pair do not make ...
Page xix
... Barancy . How is her per- sonality revealed ? By one of those slight touches which lays bare the inmost nature of the woman . " Par un K , monsieur le supérieur , par un K. Le nom s'écrit et se prononce à l'anglaise , comme Introduction ...
... Barancy . How is her per- sonality revealed ? By one of those slight touches which lays bare the inmost nature of the woman . " Par un K , monsieur le supérieur , par un K. Le nom s'écrit et se prononce à l'anglaise , comme Introduction ...
Page 6
... BARANCY . The rector smiled strangely . " And is this the child's name as well ? " he asked . The question was impertinent almost . The lady understood its significance , was more dis- concerted than before ; but concealed her em ...
... BARANCY . The rector smiled strangely . " And is this the child's name as well ? " he asked . The question was impertinent almost . The lady understood its significance , was more dis- concerted than before ; but concealed her em ...
Page 7
... Bar- ancy added , " Go , my dear ! " And he went without a murmur , as though life had already reduced him to subjection , and pre- pared him for every sort of servitude . After he had left the study , there was silence for a moment ...
... Bar- ancy added , " Go , my dear ! " And he went without a murmur , as though life had already reduced him to subjection , and pre- pared him for every sort of servitude . After he had left the study , there was silence for a moment ...
Page 8
... Barancy belonged , as his name will inform you , to one of the oldest families of Touraine ! " This remark was unfortunate , for the birthplace of Father O— was Amboise , and he was well acquainted with all the nobility of his province ...
... Barancy belonged , as his name will inform you , to one of the oldest families of Touraine ! " This remark was unfortunate , for the birthplace of Father O— was Amboise , and he was well acquainted with all the nobility of his province ...
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