"It would seem, my dearest lady, that we comrade together very well in war; now let us try that state in peace."

My thanks for this great gift, my dearest lady.

"My dearest lady, you are more beautiful than ever," he told Kyria, beaming down at her.

"After midnight, dearest lady, I am always drunk."

"My dearest lady, they were speaking French because you were in France."

It is, my dearest flame-headed lady, the study of big fishes that have little fishes to bite them.

"Oh, my dearest lady, please believe that I never meant for this to happen!"

"My dearest lady and queen-have I done you such a wrong?"

Behind them, drawn by curiosity, full of terrible anxiety, came her dearest ladies and most cherished servants.

Jo, dearest lady, I said that we needed your courage as well as your skill.