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and then gave him back his look

chanel ceramic watches chanel j12 "How should I know? It’s a lot of money," she stammered, shaken out of her self-possession. She had not expected so prompt a sequel to the dealer’s visit, and she was vexed with him for writing to Raymond without consulting her. But she recognized Moffatt’s high-handed way, and her fears […]

she had always

Remembering the attention she had attracted on her first appearance in Raymond’s world she concluded that she had "gone off" or grown dowdy, and instead of wasting more time in museums and lecture-halls she prolonged her hours at the dress-maker’s and gave up the rest of the day to the scientific cultivation of her beauty. […]

all hospitality was suspended

Hubert and his wife, in expectation of the birth of an heir, had withdrawn to the sumptuous chateau which General Arlington had hired for them near Compiegne, and Undine was at least spared the sight of their bright windows and animated stairway. But she had to take her share of the felicitations which the whole […]

Business never goes to sleep

It was of no consequence that the details and the technicalities escaped her: she knew their meaningless syllables stood for success, and what that meant was as clear as day to her. Every Wall Street term had its equivalent in the language of Fifth Avenue, and while he talked of building up railways she was […]

When she had told her story she asked for his

"That so? Why on earth don’t you cut it and come up to Paris?" "Oh, Raymond’s absorbed in the estates–and we haven’t got the money. This place eats it all up." "Well, that sounds aristocratic; but ain’t it rather out of date? When the swells are hard-up nowadays they generally chip off an heirloom." He […]