What is "contessa"

Usage examples of "contessa".

There was a little shriek of discomfiture as they suddenly perceived the young lord of the day, but the Contessa Beata Tagliapietra came saucily toward him as he was escaping.

The very last person in the world he expected to run into on this fine September day in the industrial city of York was Lexia Cappello, the Contessa di Fabrianni.

Fraulein departed into the house, Hermione took up her embroidery, the little Contessa took a book, Miss Bradley was weaving a basket out of fine grass, and there they all were on the lawn in the early summer afternoon, working leisurely and spattering with half-intellectual, deliberate talk.

The little Italian Contessa wore a dress of tissue, of orange and gold and black velvet in soft wide stripes, Gudrun was emerald green with strange net-work, Ursula was in yellow with dull silver veiling, Miss Bradley was of grey, crimson and jet, Fraulein Marz wore pale blue.

Upon noticing his stare, the Contessa hastily rearranged the throw, screening the prostheses from view.

Soon Il Conde dozed off, and the knight took advantage of this opportunity to make his approach to La Contessa.

Sure Enough, Where Had Seemed to Stand a Gibbet From Which Depended a Rope, Stand Instead, Il Conde and La Contessa.

What I am thinking, Contessa, is that Terre d'Ange will grow fat acting as middleman between Alba and the rest of the world.

If I am wrong, in the name of your Blessed Elua, walk out the door now and tell my enemies I am wise to them, little Contessa, and let us make an end to it.

There is no one I dare trust, little Contessa, to win Prince Benedicte's support for my sake.

I do so swear, Contessa, in the presence of Asherat-of-the-Sea, that I absolve of wrongdoing in the eyes of La Serenissima all who aided you in thwarting this treachery.

The Contessa says it's been in the family for generations, and that's probably where it's going to stay.

He paused to look back towards the parlor, where the Contessa sat chuckling to herself.

With trembling, gnarled fingers, the Contessa loosened her hair, allowing it to spill down upon her shoulders like a fall of snow.

When the last strap was finished with, die Contessa linked her arms around Phaedra's neck as her companion lifted her free of the legs.