Word: theuriet
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During the French Revolution, Rémi Saint-Victor and the Marquise Corinne de Theuriet narrowly missed appointments with the guillotine. Now, after four years' imprisonment, Remi is back at the Polytechnic Institute where he had been Lavoisier's prize pupil; the marquise is the wife of complaisant General Rouvroy and the mistress of scoundrelly Jardinier, a British spy, black-marketeer and confidant of the great. On the night of Talleyrand's great ball for Napoleon and Josephine, the eyes of Rémi and Corinne meet across a crowded room: "He saw her catch her breath...
...repertoire of this year is composed of: "Le Depute de Bombignac," a light comedy written by Alexander Bisson about 1890; and the three short plays: "Jean Marie" by Andre Theuriet, "Les Deux Timides" by Labiche in 1850, and "Le Bonhomme Jadis" by Henry Murger in 1830. The case has not been announced definitely, but on the stage, two months hence, patronizers of the Cercle will see many old faces, such as the Misses Berta and Gloria Bragglotti, Miss Ethel Thayer, J. D. Lodge '25, J. R. Robinson '25, Hendt de Castellane '25, H. F. Potter '24, and A. T. Merian...
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