Both the parents died before the Restoration, leaving the little girl to the care of her pious grandmother, la vicomtesse, who survived, in a feeble old age, to descant on the former grandeur of her house, and to sigh, in common with so many others, for le bon vieux temps.
"Dans le bon vieux temps," said the vicomtesse, examining me through her spectacles, and addressing Georges, who stood, hat in hand, to hearken to her wisdom; "dans le bon vieux temps, mon ami, the ladies of the chateau did not want for these things.
"Madame la Vicomtesse will have the goodness to pardon me--it was on the LEFT hand side of the room--Monsieur's medals were kept in the opposite armoire."
Mademoiselle Cormon beheld herself speedily Vicomtesse de Troisville.
"Madame la Vicomtesse de Troisville," she said to herself; "a noble name!
"But she certainly did a great deal to attract des Lupeaulx," said the Baronne du Chatelet to the
Vicomtesse de Fontaine.
Directly flanking Lucie in the center are the two least sympathetic of the group--Madame Girard, identified as "betrayer of the veiled lady," and the
Vicomtesse Jouffroy d'Abbans, "Major Esterhazy's agent." (16) The latter, a "woman of varied career," as the text euphemistically describes her, is the only one of the seven who is not buttoned up to the neck.
The seven-year-old has been better than ever this year, lifting his third Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan in March then beating the classy Marmelo in the Group Two Prix
Vicomtesse Vigier at Longchamp.
The firm bought the building from the family of the
Vicomtesse de Tredern, a respected singer who hosted an intimate salon in the building attended by some of the world's most well-known literary, artistic and political figures of the day.
Commenting on Napoleon's marriage to the
vicomtesse de Beauharnais, Sanges remarks, sarcastically: "Il vecchio regime si mescola col nuovo.
The five-year-old entire showed class to win the Prix
Vicomtesse Vigier at Longchamp last month.
(4) Derision derniere: redigee pour la
vicomtesse de Grandlieu, la requete sera finalement utilisee pour un autre cas: le discours s'autonomise ainsi de toute referentialite fixe.