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Don Ippolito's snuff or his blue handkerchief; but then the contessina had never rebuked his finger-nails by the tints of rose and ivory with which Miss Vervain's hands bewildered him.
A Foregone Conclusion William Dean Howells 1878
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The contessina his former pupil had not shown any aversion to
A Foregone Conclusion William Dean Howells 1878
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