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He would arrive spreading around him the exhilaration of his ride, a sort of matutinal breath of air

smiles that were almost tender and satisfied, a familiar and officious gallantry

In his turn her husband spoke of his affairs, which he enjoyed revealing at dinner, this evening’s palaver being devoted to the chamber’s discussion of some newly proposed regulations against the adulteration of food.

apparently quite as comfortable with badinage as with mourning

Recognizing this, he invariably suffered an involuntary twinge of vainglory, the almost haughty yet well-concealed manners of a parvenu treated as an equal by princes and princesses