"But away with politics! It spoils all it touches." "And away with the duchess, too," put in Fitzgerald, reaching for a bunch of yellow grapes.

"With all due respect to your cause and beliefs, Madame the duchess, your mistress, is a bugbear to me.

The very sound of the title arouses in my heart all that is antagonistic." "You have not seen her Highness, Monsieur," said Madame, quietly.
"Perhaps she is all that is desirable.

She is known to be rich, her will is paramount to all others.

When she sets her heart on a thing she leaves no stone unturned until she procures it.