"Duena" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of two angels on the same frontal, standing by St. Nicasius, with his head cut off at the brows—St. Anne with a smiling, arch expression and yet elderly—a sharp little chin, large eyes, a thin, long, pointed nose, the look of a youthful duena, kindly but knowing. ...
— The Cathedral • Joris-Karl Huysmans
... he promised and remarked as they went away: "Makes a good duena, doesn't he? You can trust Dick to guard anything he's told to take care of. In fact, if I'd a sister I wanted to leave in safe hands——" He paused and laughed. "But that's the trouble. It was my sister who told him ...
— Brandon of the Engineers • Harold Bindloss |
