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Tournay may refer to:
- Tournai, a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut
- Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées département in southwestern France
Usage examples of "tournay".
The army of the Vendee, under Detricand Comte de Tournay, had made a last dash at a small town held by a section of the Republican army, and captured it.
Rullecour, however, had also promised the post to a reckless young officer, the Comte de Tournay, of the House of Vaufontaine, who, under the assumed name of Yves Savary dit Detricand, marched with him.
Savary dit Detricand,--no one knew that he was the young Comte de Tournay of the House of Vaufontaine, but because he was a wounded fellowcreature.
Her brain was so swimming with the horrors of anarchy that the latter part of the letter dealing with the vanished Count of Tournay passed by almost unheeded.
They leaned forward eagerly, seizing every word, and both instinctively turned towards Detricand when the description of de Tournay was read.
When the names of Vaufontaine and de Tournay were mentioned, he gave a little start, then suddenly ruled himself to a strange stillness.
They might think he tallied with the description of the Comte de Tournay, yet he gave the impression that the matter was not vital to himself.
Scotch sergeants of the line--which is very like the Comte de Tournay, as you were saying, Chevalier!
I saw de Tournay when he was fourteen--yes, I think it was fourteen--and when I looked at you, monsieur, his face came back to me.
It would have made my cousin so happy if you had been the Comte de Tournay and I had found you here.
De Tournay told me he repented of coming with Rullecour, and he felt he had spoilt his life--that he could never return to France again or to his people.
A little later was ushered into the library of the castle the Comte Detricand de Tournay, who, under the name of Savary dit Detricand, had lived in the Isle of Jersey for many years.
When the outer doors were closed, one unofficial person remained--Comte Detricand de Tournay, of the House of Vaufontaine.
Duc de Bercy will not forbid the presence of his cousin, Detricand de Tournay, at this impressive ceremony?
Comte de Tournay is welcome to behold an end of the ambitions of the Vaufontaines.