The Bar Sinister: A Tale, Tom 2Smith, Elder and Company, 1864 |
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Strona 236
... being dressed in the costume of a Pierrot , and masked . Indeed it might at first have been a matter of question , so complete was the disguise , whether this personage was a man or woman ; but after a 236 THE BAR SINISTER .
... being dressed in the costume of a Pierrot , and masked . Indeed it might at first have been a matter of question , so complete was the disguise , whether this personage was a man or woman ; but after a 236 THE BAR SINISTER .
Strona 237
... Pierrot's figure would have left little doubt in any one's mind that the character was , in this case , sustained by a member of what hen - pecked gentlemen are apt to call " the weaker sex . " This particular Pierrot had been dancing ...
... Pierrot's figure would have left little doubt in any one's mind that the character was , in this case , sustained by a member of what hen - pecked gentlemen are apt to call " the weaker sex . " This particular Pierrot had been dancing ...
Strona 238
... Pierrot never lost sight of the Englishman . Wherever he was she was . Sometimes she danced along beside a carriage which kept her concealed from Trelane's observation , sometimes she joined for a moment any others belonging to the Pierrot ...
... Pierrot never lost sight of the Englishman . Wherever he was she was . Sometimes she danced along beside a carriage which kept her concealed from Trelane's observation , sometimes she joined for a moment any others belonging to the Pierrot ...
Strona 239
... Pierrot was still at his side , that he began to think that this tiresome person- age was purposely following him , and to speculate as to what it could possibly mean . When he did begin to speculate he could make nothing of it , except ...
... Pierrot was still at his side , that he began to think that this tiresome person- age was purposely following him , and to speculate as to what it could possibly mean . When he did begin to speculate he could make nothing of it , except ...
Strona 240
... - any- body , that is , of a short stature , and a slight and active make . Pierrot was very closely masked , and her hair was gathered out of sight under a queer conical white hat with a turned - up brim . The 240 THE BAR SINISTER .
... - any- body , that is , of a short stature , and a slight and active make . Pierrot was very closely masked , and her hair was gathered out of sight under a queer conical white hat with a turned - up brim . The 240 THE BAR SINISTER .
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Alexis altogether Amand asked Trelane Bourges Brussels Capitaine d'Elmar captain carnival carriage centimes Charvet companion course cried dear dear doctor Doctor Leboeuf door English Englishman eyes face familiar spirit feeling Francesco Salvi gentleman girl grave hand happened heard horse hyæna inquiry Jacques Morlot journey knew leave letter Lieutenant Tronchet listened looked Madame d'Elmar Madame Ponsard Madeleine d'Elmar Madeleine's maître d'hôtel Major Trelane masque matter mind Miss d'Elmar Monsieur Legrand Monsieur Morlot Monsieur Tronchet mother never niece once Paris passed pause perhaps person physician Pierrot Place du Musée poor question remarked remember replied Trelane road Sancergues Sancerre Sardinian seemed servant silence sister sort speak spoke stood strange streets suppose talk tell thing thought told took town travellers Trelane's turned Versailles Victorine voice waited wish woman words young lady
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