"I will go to the contessa with you," said Sophia. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Simon had been waiting for the contessa to appear. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Monaldeschi palace, I do hope to meet the contessa. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Sophia prayed that the contessa would agree to help. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
The recipe comes from Ina Garten, barefoot contessa. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
"The contessa is merciless," she said in a low voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Simon recognized the crackling voice of the contessa. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
But the contessa had been his hostess for many months. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Perhaps it was a gift to the contessa from the Tartars. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
He asks the contessa to take the Tartars into her house. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
In it, Simon knew, were the contessa and her grandnephew. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Simon wondered whether the contessa had seen this squalor. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The contessa stroked Sophia's cheek with dry, rough fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
The contessa made it sound as if the Tartars had left her home. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Sophia opened her eyes wide and looked the contessa full in the face. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
I have spoken to the contessa, and she would be most happy to receive you. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The contessa might prove to be against them, and Daoud might still be doomed. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Sophia immediately stepped forward to help the contessa struggle to her feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
"I hope you have not come to scold me, Cardinal Ugolini," the contessa rasped. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
The contessa was by now rather obviously annoyed at his lack of interest in her. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The contessa is very simple in her way, and she likes to do favors for churchmen. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
"The contessa has told me that the pool is fed by an underground spring," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Two manservants set smaller chairs for the cardinal and Sophia facing the contessa. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
"I have stopped torturing you not because the contessa told me to," d'Ucello went on. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
He thought about what the contessa had just said about the enmity of the Filippeschi. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
De Verceuil checked his rush to get to his Tartar charges, and turned to the contessa. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
She threw herself down on the terrazzo floor and clasped the contessa around the knees. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Then Simon was bowing before the contessa, acutely aware of Sophia standing beside her. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The contessa had aged a great deal, Sophia thought, since she first saw her, over a year ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
When she got close to the contessa, Sophia smelled an odor that made her think of a damp cellar. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
"And to be waited upon by this handsome cavaliere," the contessa finished for her, smiling broadly. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
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