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The Idler in France

CHAPTER VII
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The Duc de Mouchy, the Marquis de Mornay, Count Flahault, the Count Maussion, Mons.

de Montrond, and Mr.
Standish, were the guests.

Count Flahault is so very agreeable and gentlemanly a man, that no one can call in question the taste of the Baroness Keith in selecting him for her husband.
Mr.Standish has married a French lady, accomplished, clever, and pretty.

Intermarriages between French and English are now not unfrequent; and it is pleasant to observe the French politeness and _bon ton_ ingrafted on English sincerity and good sense.

Of this, Mr.
Standish offers a very good example; for, while he has acquired all the Parisian ruse of manner, he has retained all the English good qualities for which he has always been esteemed..


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