Chapter VII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

later than; following

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

every person

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

in addition to what has just been said

From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

difficult to explain or understand

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

a feeling of comfort after worry or pain

From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

at the time that

From this reading Anyhow, his Excellency, the present ambassador, and all his staff, also “Madame l’ambassadrice,” are always particularly amiable with Madame Demidoff, and ask her to all their most select parties--but, the moment she leaves, they sigh a sigh of relief, and when her name is mentioned before his Excellency, he invariably says, “Do not name her to me, it gives me a cold shiver down the back.”

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading However, all this was rumour, pure and simple; nothing definite had ever been said that might throw suspicion of an ignoble calling on so fair an addition to Viennese smart society, and all uncharitable whispers were invariably suppressed by Madame Demidoff’s numerous friends and admirers.

which person or people

From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.

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From this reading That same night his Eminence, as he had told Iván, was not dining at his hotel: he was spending an evening--the last of a series--in the company of Madame Demidoff, the most charming, the most mysterious, the most dangerous of those Russian _grandes dames_, who haunt the societies of Vienna, Paris, and London, live on apparently boundless means, are received everywhere, admired by the men, envied by the women, and feared by the staff and even the head of the respective Russian embassies.

Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

From this reading Moreover, she entertained so superbly--her little dinners were worthy of an ode by the court poet, and her balls were counted among the great functions of the season.

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From this reading Why the beautiful Madame Demidoff should be feared by her own compatriots, it were difficult for an Englishman or a Frenchman to say; she was always affable, equally so to everyone whom she met in society, and appeared not to take the slightest interest in matters political; true, there had been a rumour a year ago, that at the Austrian frontier one day, an over-zealous custom-house official, in inspecting the luggage of Madame Demidoff, who was going across to Russia, is said to have found some papers, wherein the lady gave a curiously minute account of all the sayings and doings of the Tsar’s subjects residing in Vienna, including one or two intimate conversations between “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” and Madame his wife, that had actually taken place in their own bedroom; but this never got beyond a rumour, and the fact that “Monsieur l’ambassadeur” was shortly afterwards asked to retire from the diplomatic service, may have had nothing to do with that intimate conversation which, after all, he had had with his wife between four walls and one or two doors.