Lord Peter Wimsey's arms

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Harriet Vane's arms

She got up from the table--
Watched the dancers waltz--
Satin-clad and sable--
Passionless as salt.

"Autres temps and autres moeurs,"
Mused the watching Guest--
In the plumes and cool hauteurs
Time appeared at rest--

But change the Floor to Court--
The coyness is but Mask--
Long skirts fall to short--
And free, they rush to Task--

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Lord Peter Wimsey's and Harriet Vane's arms are from:
Scott-Giles, C.W., 1977, The Wimsey Family: New York, Avon Books, 88 p.
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