lady of the bedchamber
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Again Pauline Rigonda gave way to merry laughter, and again did her lady of the bedchamber administer a reproof by expressing the hope that she might take the matter as lightly a year hence.
From The Island Queen by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
"Please your majesty," answered a lady of the bedchamber, "it signifies that her imperial majesty, the reigning empress, has returned from her walk in the palace gardens."
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Judith died April 2, 1705, and in the September of the following year the Lord Keeper married Mary Clavering, the beautiful and virtuous lady of the bedchamber to Caroline Wilhelmina Dorothea, Princess of Wales.
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
The queen agreed to carry her lady of the bedchamber in waiting, with Miss Planta and F. B., and none others but wardrobe-women for herself and the princesses.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny
"Madame de Misery," she murmured; "first lady of the bedchamber to her majesty—I cannot expect more than six louis from her, for she has already given to me once."
From The Queen's Necklace by Dumas père, Alexandre
