She was perfectly cast as the marquise Eloise and her dry, deadpan humour was a joy to behold. |
With her thirtieth year had come promotion to the rank of duchesse, although she preferred the tide of marquise. |
The marquise, worried that Yvette has fallen asleep without extinguishing her candle, decides that someone must check on her. |
The marquise gave the supreme accolade of her approval to the sculptors Pigalle and Falconet by posing for them at full length. |
She said the marquise had a kind heart, and fell in love with a common man. |
One would expect brilliant reflections in a looking glass owned by the marquise and depicted by Boucher, not murky half-lights. |