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Book 1: Chapters II–III

double entendre a term with two meanings, especially when one of them has a risqué or indecorous connotation.

bouton d'or (Fr.) golden or lustrous buttons; here, part of the interior décor that causes lustre and glitter.

aigrettes bunches of the long, white showy plumes of the egret, worn for ornament on a hat or in the hair.

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