| He saw de Verceuil as well, coming across the hall almost at a run, just ahead of the contessa, his aquamarine cloak flying. |
| The contessa might prove to be against them, and Daoud might still be doomed. |
| She threw herself down on the terrazzo floor and clasped the contessa around the knees. |
| For my Carmen, I waited for the right moment to make a barefoot contessa of her in the person of the magnificent mezzosoprano Marie-Ange Todorovitch. |
| Whatever way you do it you're sure to return home with a wardrobe to rival the classiest Italian contessa. |
| Her costumes, like her paintings, are intricate and drenched in color, whether for a can-can dancer or a contessa. |
