But what could evade the lynx-eyed vigilance of the duenna of old? |
And turned off for pinching the duenna, or affronting my lady's waiting-woman? |
It is to be observed the duenna was of a most obliging disposition. |
Is it the fierce and farouche duenna who wanted to annihilate me so when I bade you adieu one night? |
Her mother, too, betrayed her, used her as a pawn, a duenna for Sadie and the father. |
The result is hypnotic rather than instructive and, like TV cookery programmes, it's a cinematic experience resembling lap dancing overseen by a duenna. |