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woman is only noble by her virtues--and the chief of all virtues,
modesty, is entirely wanting in your illustrious friends----"
"Monsieur," interrupted the baroness, in a voice husky with anger,
"you forget yourself--you----"
But the baron was well under way. "If it is scandal that crowns
one a great lady, you ARE one--and one of the greatest; for you
are notorious--almost as notorious as Jenny Fancy. Can't I learn
from the newspapers all your sayings and gestures, your
amusements, your occupations, and the toilettes you wear? It is
impossible to read of a first performance at a theatre, or of a
horse-race, without finding your name coupled with that of Jenny
Fancy, or Cora Pearl, or Ninette Simplon. I should be a very
strange husband indeed, if I wasn't proud and delighted. Ah! you
are a treasure to the reporters. On the day before yesterday the
Baroness Trigault skated in the Bois. Yesterday she was driving
in her pony-carriage. To-day she distinguished herself by her
skill at pigeon-shooting. To-morrow she will display herself half
nude in some tableaux vivants. On the day after to-morrow she
will inaugurate a new style of hair-dressing, and take part in a
comedy. It is always the Baroness Trigault who is the observed of
all observers at Vincennes. The Baroness Trigault has lost five
hundred louis in betting. The Baroness Trigault uses her
lorgnette with charming impertinence.
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