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violins About six at night they had
I took a great deal of pleasure to go up and down, and look upon the ladies, and to hear the musique of all sorts, but above all, the 24 violins: About six at night they had dined, and I went up to my wife, and there met with a pretty lady (Mrs. Frankleyn, a Doctor’s wife, a friend of Mr. Bowyer’s), and kissed them both, and by and by took them down to Mr. Bowyer’s.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

violins About six at night they had
I took a great deal of pleasure to go up and down, and look upon the ladies, and to hear the musique of all sorts, but above all, the 24 violins: About six at night they had dined, and I went up to my wife, and there met with a pretty lady (Mrs. Frankleyn, a Doctor's wife, a friend of Mr. Bowyer's), and kissed them both, and by and by took them down to Mr. Bowyer's.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 10: April/May 1661 by Samuel Pepys

village and sent a note to Hortense
Rénine went back to the inn in the village and sent a note to Hortense Daniel by hand: "MY VERY DEAR FRIEND, "I seemed to gather from your letter that, touched as always by anything that concerns the heart, you were anxious to protect the love-affair of Jérôme and Natalie.
— from The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc


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