The Duchess of Dreams (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from The Duchess of Dreams

Had the young person whose coming lay at the bottom of all these social upheavals been able to view their extent and import, she would have been genuinely delighted. Like most Russian civilisés, she suffered from a permanent state of boredom; any artless exhibition of human enthusiasm filled her with a pleasure that almost approached envy. It was indeed Mrs. Rumbold's obvious delight in her acquaint ance and her naive energy in pursuing it, when they found themselves the guests of the same hotel in Pau two years ago, that had first drawn the imperial lady's attention to the little American.

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