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  • I will speak of land that I have bought (oh, I have prospered, ma'm'selle!), and of a house that I mean to build, and of a woman that I wish to put in the house, -- a Sunshine in the

    Audrey Mary Johnston 1903

  • "_Oui_, ma'm'selle," he said, regarding her with still more suspicion.

    The Landloper Holman Day 1900

  • "_Oui_, ma'm'selle -- she live across in the little house where there are plant in the window -- she live with the good Mother Maillet what I told you about."

    The Landloper Holman Day 1900

  • And it is not good news for you, ma'm'selle, for now you can't get acquaint with very nice Canadian girl.

    The Landloper Holman Day 1900

  • "I only know about him what I know, ma'm'selle," he replied, with a gentle smile nestling in the wrinkles of his withered face.

    The Landloper Holman Day 1900

  • "_La belle_ ma'm'selle -- ba gar! you have to be hit with brick bang -- dat fine, pretty lady -- she what tell me the good word to say to you about the bad folks -- you must know she leeve now in the good woman's house."

    The Landloper Holman Day 1900

  • "_Oui_, ma'm'selle, it seemed strange," agreed the old man, studying her with sharp glance of suspicion -- a gaze so strange that she shifted her eyes uneasily.

    The Landloper Holman Day 1900

  • And the ma'm'selle -- excellent, excellent; and a face, such

    The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897

  • "I served the Seigneur, good Mother," I answered, "and I would lay down my life for ma'm'selle."

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • "Nannin, ma'm'selle, 'tis plain to be seen you can't guess what a cornfield grows besides red poppies."

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

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