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Blois

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Blois  (blwä)
A town of central France on the Loire River northeast of Tours. It was the seat of the powerful counts of Blois and a favorite residence of French royalty. Population: 48,200.
Blois (French) [blwa]
n
(Placename) a city in N central France, on the Loire: 13th-century castle. Pop.: 51 550 (1990)
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Since the departure of Athos for Blois, Porthos and D'Artagnan were seldom together.
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The blessed hour of sight, as she hath named it, has come but twice since I have known her, and I can vouch for it that all that she hath told me was true, for on the evening of the Battle of Auray she said that the morrow would be an ill day for me and for Charles of Blois.
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