It was Major General Nathaniel Coles' hat that made the boldest statement: a beaverskin chapeau de bras, with a black silk grosgrain ribbon cockade, gilt-metal eagle pin and 20-inch ostrich feather plume.

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After a few months, the canvases disappeared, though it was unclear to Vivian whether someone had finally bought them or Shelly had just thrown them into the Dumpster behind the ribbon warehouse to be carted away along with the giant spools of badly dyed grosgrain.

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Jezegabel also grew up outside Paris, the son of a newspaper editor and a lawyer. (In addition to a lot of silver jewelry and a black onyx ring, he wears a vintage Timex compass watch with a grosgrain band.) Unlike Jourden, he's worked on bikes from an early age and has never held an office job.

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