Contessa

In Iquitos, it was rumored that Travis remained true to his dead wife, and the Contessa was a de facto shrine to her.

Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

She had already worked out that Roger and the Contessa were the Cabal members nearest to the Colonel at his death … could these women have killed him instead — on instructions of the Comte?

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006

The Contessa was a quiet little puss with a game on somewhere.

Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

Miss Mapp was not, in fact, sure, when she thought it over, that the Contessa was a nice friend for Major Benjy.

Miss Mapp 1903

What the gossips did not know was something which would have interested them much more, namely, that the Contessa was the only person in Rome who distrusted Folco Corbario, and that she was in constant fear lest she should turn out to be right, and lest her friend's paradise should be suddenly changed into a purgatory.

Whosoever Shall Offend 1881

Created several years ago by bartenders in Boston, the Contessa is a slight tweak on the classic Negroni, substituting the bright bitter-orange flavor of the Italian aperitivo for the deeper, more assertive bitterness of the garnet Campari.

Serious Eats Paul Clarke 2009

On one "Contessa" program that recently aired, devoted to the couple's 40th anniversary, we could see Mr. Garten shopping for a tent as an anniversary gift -- don't ask -- while Ms. Garten prepared Italian Wedding Soup as a dinner surprise for him.

The Kitchen Refuge 2009

"Contessa," she whispered, her old lips against my hand.

The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post

I’ve got you booked on a ship called the Contessa.

Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

When she talked to our cameras on Friday, she didn't know that "Contessa" was safe.

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