dompteuse

It could have sprung from nothing more palpable than the contrast suggested between Paula, the compeller, the _dompteuse_, and the man who had just been so describing her.

Mary Wollaston Henry Kitchell Webster 1903

The menagerie: lions, leopards, and a grand dompteuse; and afterwards dinner with me at the Cafe Blanche.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

And he would laugh at the world by marrying her -- yes, actually marrying her, the dompteuse!

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Gaston presently said that he would visit the menagerie and see this famous dompteuse that afternoon.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

This affair with the dompteuse was mad sailing, but the man might round-to suddenly and be no worse for the escapade.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Presently the famous dompteuse entered, -- Mademoiselle Victorine, -- passing just below Gaston.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

"The woman is Mademoiselle Victorine, the dompteuse."

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

She certainly had flown high; for, again, why should not a dompteuse be a decent woman?

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

Presently one of the students said to Bagshot, a young artist: "How does the dompteuse come on?"

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

What fame you've got now -- dompteuse, and the sweet scandal!

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897