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Then Princess Rosemonde de Harn swept in like a whirlwind . She also was to be one of the saleswomen at the stall chosen by the Baroness , who liked her for her very turbulence , the sudden gaiety which she generally brought with her . Gowned in fire-hued satin -LRB- red shot with yellow -RRB- , looking very eccentric with her curly hair and thin boyish figure , she laughed and talked of an accident by which her carriage had almost been cut in halves . Then , as Baron Duvillard and Hyacinthe came in from their rooms , late as usual , she took possession of the young man and scolded him , for on the previous evening she had vainly waited for him till ten o'clock in the expectation that he would keep his promise to escort her to a tavern at Montmartre , where some horrible things were said to occur . Hyacinthe , looking very bored , quietly replied that he had been detained at a seance given by some adepts in the New Magic , in the course of which the soul of St. Theresa had descended from heaven to recite a love sonnet . However , Fonsegue was now coming in with his wife , a tall , thin , silent and generally insignificant woman , whom he seldom took about with him . On this occasion he had been obliged to bring her , as she was one of the lady-patronesses of the asylum , and he himself was coming to lunch with the Duvillards in his capacity as general manager .