Word: deigns
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Even then the Marshal does not deign to speak. Sombre, followed by the glittering Cabinet, he strides back into his jack-in-the-box, and the great door whips shut behind...
...delegation of civic patriots from Caltagirone, Sicily, sought the dark, high-ceilinged office of Signor Mussolini in the Palazzo Chigi last week and humbly petitioned that he would deign to raise their region to the rank of a province...
...unable to offer a royal dowry. The Sultan explained to Tarhata that the match was beneath his dignity. She incontinently left his harem. Following this incident the Princess Emme declared her intention of marrying a Filipino. The proud Moro eyes of the Sultan shot lightnings. He did not deign to explain that his daughter could not marry a dog of a Christian. She too left the Sultanic residence...
...play of the words "habits" (clothes) and "explorer" (to go through). "Translation on page 31," said the editors. "Ha! this matter must be salacious," cried the vulgar reader: ". . . habits de mon mari. J'ai I'habitude de les explorer tous les soirs." Though ignorant of French he would not deign to turn to page 31; no, and what's more he would put the magazine where his wife could not get at it. Had he bothered to read the translation, he would have discovered that the evil witticism was as follows...
...house fills, glitters, every glitter caught and sifted, anatomized, dissected by high power opera glasses. Potent heads of distinguished families deign to perform the nod of grand grandees. Fierce caballeros bristle, melt before shrill senoritas, bristle again at other cocks, conquistadors. Programs, chiefly of native and Italian opera, rustle. In La Colon's unique gallery, sacred to unattended women, the fair sit sequestered, safe. In the huge "mourning boxes," equipped with iron screens, the rich lounge in privilege. One can peer out, not in. El telon (curtain) rises...