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THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
"Ah, these Englishmen! " she exclaimed. "These dull, good, obstinate, stupid pigs of Englishmen! If they would lose their tempers once -- get angry, anything. Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"