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One of Our Conquerors

CHAPTER VII
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I said, Cordon bleu.

The miracle is, it 's a woman that Victor Radnor has trained: French, but a woman; devoted to him, as all who serve him are.

Do I say "but" a woman?
There's not a Frenchman alive to match her.

Vatel awaits her in Paradise with his arms extended; and may he wait long!' Carling indulged his passion for the genuine by letting a flutter of real envy be seen.

'My wife would like to meet such a Frenchwoman.


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