The Scarlet Pimpernel

How is Comtesse forced to acknowledge Lady Blackeney?

chapter 11

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The Prince introduces the two women, and the Comtesse is forced to acknowledge Lady Blackeney.

"But the Comtesse, for whom respect of royalty amounted almost to a religion, was too well-schooled in courtly etiquette to show the slightest sign of embarrassment, as the two ladies curtsied ceremoniously to one another."

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The Scarlet Pimpernel