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 1     I,       V|                   V.~ ~A REPUBLICAN COUNTESS.~ ~"Madame la Comtesse!"
 2     I,       V|             A Peruvian or Argentine countess? Or have these plutocrats
 3     I,       V|           etc., and was this exotic countess the daughter of some such
 4     I,       V|              as she was called, the countess, wore a loose morning-dress
 5     I,      VI|           as I should call her, the countess, came in. She wore a white
 6     I,      VI|              husband of a beautiful countess, and father of five children,
 7     I,      VI|         Scamp's-broth").~ ~"And the countess understands how to prepare
 8     I,     XII| bristol-board with the signature of Countess Diodora Vernöczy. Its contents
 9     I,    XIII|           the voters, and so forth, Countess Diodora, Siegfried's aunt,
10     I,    XIII|              Siegfried told me that Countess Diodora was a very active
11     I,    XIII|          queenly Amazon is my aunt, Countess Diodora. You are surprised?
12     I,    XIII|          That tall, slender girl is Countess Flamma, a miracle of beauty
13     I,    XIII|             I ever heard! How vexed Countess Cenni will feel on discovering
14    II,       I|           walls above and around.~ ~Countess Diodora was already there,
15    II,       I|       preparations for breakfast.~ ~Countess Diodora was strikingly handsome.
16    II,       I|                  But, Cenni!" cried Countess Diodora, shocked, "what
17    II,       I|             look like it!" said the countess, with a humorous shake of
18    II,       I|       fellow!" cried Siegfried; but Countess Diodora observed that breakfast
19    II,       I|             the table I sat between Countess Diodora and Countess Flamma.
20    II,       I|        between Countess Diodora and Countess Flamma. The latter turned
21    II,       I|         about sea-doves?" asked the countess; "it seems you have secrets
22    II,       I|                I declare!" said the countess, "knightly word, turtle-dove!
23    II,      II|             then, and Milton," said Countess Diodora. "Their Devils are
24    II,      II|           devils."~ ~"Ah!" said the countess, astonished and seemingly
25    II,      II|            Thomasius, whereupon the countess declared me a Rationalist.~ ~
26    II,      II|              Let us make a bargain, countess! We will leave the demon
27    II,      II|            of the same creed," said Countess Diodora.~ ~"For instance,
28    II,      II|            of the Egyptians?" asked Countess Diodora.~ ~"No. Because
29    II,      II|             the horned beetle, when Countess Diodora said -~ ~"You are
30    II,     III|          ghosts. These phantoms the countess rather envied me, for Vernöcze
31    II,     III|           the three I admired most. Countess Diodora's philosophical
32    II,     III|             impressed me as much as Countess Cenni's unruly activity;
33    II,     III|        Cenni's unruly activity; and Countess Flamma's pensive silence
34    II,     III|        quarter as yet, while, as to Countess Diodora, she would never
35    II,     III|          with young men? And, as to Countess Diodora's intention to become
36    II,     III|        become their slaves.~ ~To me Countess Diodora was conspicuously
37    II,     III|         relation to physicians. The countess, in a very spirited bit
38    II,     III|           sorts of information, and Countess Diodora was at the head
39    II,     III|             it to the little blonde countess, but she refused to accept
40    II,     III|      Perhaps you want to wait until Countess Diodora Vernöczy makes you
41    II,      IV|    beautiful and intellectual, like Countess Diodora, and competition
42    II,       V|           same day, after luncheon, Countess Flamma turned to me with
43    II,       V|          turned to me for a favour. Countess Diodora gave the required
44    II,       V|            he is madly in love with Countess Cenni, and that he will
45    II,       V|             grandfather's which the countess has."~ ~"Hand me the knife,
46    II,       V|           to insert it. Cenni is no countess at all, but the niece of
47    II,       V|            actually burned my feet. Countess Mamma thanked me for the
48    II,      VI|         love could not attack me.~ ~Countess Flamma's singular disclosure
49    II,      VI|        resource is his maiden aunt, Countess Diodora. It is said - at
50    II,     VII|           pleasant letters - one to Countess Diodora, thanking her for
51    II,     VII|            bills."~ ~At that moment Countess Diodora's footman came in,
52    II,     VII|             he had come to look for Countess Cenni. "No," said the man, "
53    II,     VII|         Cenni. "No," said the man, "Countess Cenni is in the château" - ("
54    II,     VII|               but her ladyship, the Countess Vernöczy - Diodora - is
55    II,     VII|            the thought as base. The countess was a woman - a sick woman;
56    II,     VII|             me to the room in which Countess Flamma sat; the adjacent
57    II,     VII|         call me 'ladyship'! I am no countess now; I am nothing but a
58    II,     VII|             step was noiseless, and Countess Flamma was not aware of
59    II,     VII|         same page again and again. "Countess!" I said, deferentially.
60    II,     VII|            of my bodily reality.~ ~"Countess Diodora is asleep," I said, "
61    II,     VII|             a professional visit to Countess Diodora."~ ~"Don't go home
62    II,      IX|           promised them not to tell Countess Diodora how they had been
63    II,      IX|             The ladies were up, but Countess Diodora was too weak to
64    II,      IX|         plein air" that met my eye. Countess Diodora, in a mauve-coloured
65    II,      IX|            into it. Opposite to the countess, on two embroidered stools,
66    II,      IX|          and left the room with it. Countess Diodora, Flamma, and myself
67    II,      IX|            in the room. I asked the countess how she felt, and whether
68    II,      IX|           announcement, I said -~ ~"Countess, to be of service to you
69    II,      IX|            head deeper still. "Dear countess, allow me to say that the
70    II,      IX|           niece, the little Cenni - Countess Cenni! Oh, what a perfect
71    II,      IX|            nod; so I replied to the countess's imperious inquiries -~ ~"
72    II,       X|          Dumany of Dumanyfalva, née Countess Vernöczy of Vranicsa," in
73    II,       X|         attorney from Flamma Maria, Countess Vernöczy of Vranicsa, to
74    II,    XVII|             the pride and honour of Countess Vernöczy were of much higher
75    II,    XVII|            bitter, scornful laugh. "Countess," said I, "do you believe