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...her coming to England… .” The words were an evocation. He saw her again as she had looked at their first meeting, the poor woman of genius with her lo... ...inexperience, but so incapable even then of any hold upon the pulses. When she spoke, indeed, she was wonderful, more wonderful, perhaps, than when la... ...hand lit on her letters, the touch filled him with inarticulate misery… . “She had so few intimate friends … that letters will be of special value.” S... ... are notoriously inopportune, may even die inopportunely, and this was the revenge that Mr. Aubyn, some two years after her return to Hillbridge, took... ...ed absence of stress that marked her graver communications, “Aunt Virginia wants me to go abroad with her.” Glennard looked up with a start. “Abroad? ... ...ent on, leaning her head back against the cushions of her bamboo-seat, “He wants us to go for a sail with him next Sunday.” Glennard meditatively stir...

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...ed with the little girl of nine or ten years of age, whose long black hair she amused herself by handling, she lost not a single glance of those her c... ...he faded and once beautiful face of the wife betrayed the deepest sadness, she forced herself to smile, as- 4 Vendetta suming a calm countenance when... ...signs of weariness were on the youthful face, which was tanned by the sun. She had an Italian cast of countenance and bearing, large black eyes beneat... ...she’ll remember the insult as if it were done to her the night before, and revenge it cruelly. She is a person that I, for one, don’t want to be at wa... ...e so frugal, so tranquil, that their modest fortune sufficed for all their wants. To them, their daughter Ginevra was more precious than the wealth of...

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...se of young Russia in the sixties. Elena is young Russia, and to whom does she turn in her prayer for strength? Not to Bersenyev, the phi- losopher, t... ...stic novel, with the Russian master, and to note that, while as a novelist she emerges favourably from the comparison, she is absolutely wanting in hi... ...r outlook in Emma, compared to the wide and unflinching gaze of T urgenev. She painted most admirably the English types she knew, and how well she kne... ...ll me, has he not taken vengeance on that T urkish aga?’ Bersenyev smiled ‘Revenge is only to be found in novels, Elena Nikolaevna; and, besides, in t... ... with a very easy con- science—but because now is not the time for private revenge, when we are concerned with the general national ven- geance—or no,... ...little sorrow, he is not responsible for anything. It’s not I want, but it wants. By the way, he and I both love the same flowers. I picked a rose thi... ...le rose. ‘… D. often comes to us. Yesterday he spent the whole evening. He wants to teach me Bulgarian. I feel happy with him, quite at home, more tha... ... must try another. However, like a true Corsican, I am more concerned with revenge than with pure art. Trema, Bisanzia!’ ‘I don’t understand you,’ sai... ...y a severe deport- ment and sceptical turn of mind towards his master; ‘he wants to see you.’ ‘Ask him in,’ said Bersenyev. The ‘locksmith’ entered. B...

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...“Ah, Tommie, come ahn. Dere’s Jimmie and fader. Don’t be a pullin’ me back.” She jerked the baby’s arm impatiently. He fell on his face, roaring. With... ...the baby’s arm impatiently. He fell on his face, roaring. With a second jerk she pulled him to his feet, and they went on. With the obstinacy of his o... ... out when yehs come home half dead, an’ it’s like we’ll all get a poundin’.” She began to weep. The babe threw back his head and roared at his prospec... ...occur in the streets, and was the common prey of all energetic officials. In revenge, he re solved never to move out of the way of anything, until fo... ...’ she’ll say she’s sorry an’ all dat an’ she ain’t happy, she ain’t, an’ she wants to come home agin, she does.” With grim humor, the mother imitated ...

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...son he remained despite all he suffered at her hands, and all the delicate revenges of the artistic prodigal that he was tempted to take. E. R. 5 Tur... ... a bookcase piled up with books. At the table sat a woman of about thirty. She was bareheaded, clad in a black stuff dress, and was smoking a cigarett... ... stuff dress, and was smoking a cigarette. On catching sight of Ostrodumov she extended her broad, red hand without a word. He shook it, also without ... ...ever get hold of him.” Mashurina took out another cigarette. “He’s bored,” she remarked, lighting it carefully. “Bored!” Ostrodumov repeated reproachf... ...ere, oppression, lies, betrayals, deceit! And it is not enough for him! He wants some new unpleasantness! He thinks that I am joking… . Basanov has be... ...lightly and cast down his eyes. “What does he say? “ he asked at last. “He wants us to go there with her.” Ostrodumov indi- cated to Mashurina with hi... ...uddenly she stopped. “Do you know that my aunt, in order to get rid of me, wants to marry me to that hateful Kollomietzev? She knows my ideas… in her ... ...ulted me in a way which cannot be forgot- ten … I am above any feelings of revenge, but I don’t wish to know anything of him, nor of the girl— more de...

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...quis of Rotherwood. The first years of her life were marked by few events. She was a quiet, steady, useful girl, finding her chief pleasure in nursing... ...hief annoyance in her mamma’s attempts to make her a fine lady; but before she had reached her nineteenth year she had learnt to know real anxiety and... ...ess, which her weakened frame was unable to resist, and in a very few days she died, leaving the little Adeline, about eight months old, to accompany ... ... parson written on the walls the idle young men taking this opportunity to revenge their own 40 Scenes and Characters quarrels, caused by Mr. Devereu... ...Nonsense,’ said Emily, ‘it is only that her brother has lost his wife, and wants her to take care of his children.’ ‘Well,’ said Reginald, ‘her master... ...f his children.’ ‘Well,’ said Reginald, ‘her master has lost his wife, and wants her to take care of his children.’ ‘I cannot think what I shall do,’ ... ...ther could be spared to go to her. She soon came back, saying, ‘Miss Mohun wants you di- rectly, Miss Lilias.’ ‘T ell her I will come presently,’ said...

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... indepen- dent principality, an infinitesimal member of the German Empire, she played, for several centuries, her part in the discord of Europe; and, ... ...diplomatists, van- ished like a morning ghost. Less fortunate than Poland, she left not a regret behind her; and the very memory of her boundaries has... ...to go on from bad to worse, till her name’s become a tap-room by-word, and she not yet twenty; leaves the country to be overtaxed, and bullied with ar... ...ld farmer, who had so roughly handled him in talk, was the ideal of a Fair Revenge. Otto’s thoughts brightened at the prospect, and he began to re- ga... ...erable a party,’ resumed Otto, ‘do you not come before me boldly with your wants? – what do I say? with your commands? Have I the name of being passio... ...in the Prince’s heart. That Gondremark was jealous – here was an agreeable revenge! And Madame von Rosen, as the occasion of the jealousy, appeared to... ... not offering that hermitage to you; in all the world there is but one who wants to, and him you have dismissed! “If it will give her pleasure I shoul... ..., of course, and do; but in what sense? I would certainly not stoop to any revenge; as certainly I could not think of her but as one changed beyond my...

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... the Most Christian King evidently stirred this nun’s heart to the depths. She was a Frenchwoman beyond mistake. Soon the love of country shone out, b... ... o hope for the resurrection of a lost love, to find her only to know that she was lost, to catch a mysteri- ous glimpse of her after five years—five ... ... risen to trouble her even beyond the grave in which the nun is laid, that she may rise again as the bride of Christ. The organ is in truth the grande... ...l but impossible to cross it. A sort of childish impatience seizes him, he wants the thing the more, and trembles or cries. Wherefore, the next day, a... ... one of her great admirers, said, she knew how to take a second edition of revenge, laying the two-edged blade of a sarcasm between the pairs in these... ... I will avenge them all.” For the first time, it may be, in a man’s heart, revenge and love were blended so equally that Montriveau himself could not ... ... blended so equally that Montriveau himself could not know whether love or revenge would carry all before it. That very evening he went to the ball at...

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.... Do you know how many there are?’ ‘Three; but if Albinia knows their ages she involves them 4 Yo n g e in a discreet haze. I imagine some are in the... ...married very early. I asked Albinia if her son would be in tail-coats; but she thought I was laughing at her, and would not say. She is quite eager at... ...t say. She is quite eager at the notion of being governess to the girls.’ ‘She has wanted scope for her energies,’ said Mr. Ferrars. ‘Even spoiling he... ... quite worn out, and there is nothing in the house but dry bread. His wife wants something nearly as much as he does.’ In the excitement, Albinia utte... ...here’s a poor man just come home, fainting with exhaus- tion, Mr. Dusautoy wants some brandy for him.’ Like a man but half awake, obeying an apparitio... ...ee how much good you could do, here in your own sphere, how much the right wants strengthening, how much evil cries out to be repressed, how sadly you... ...Genevieve?’ said Gil- bert. ‘I only hope to see this school-boy logic well revenged!’ said Genevieve. ‘Mrs. Price shall have locks of orange red, and ... ... unpleasantly sullen and morose as regularly as the Sunday came round, and revenged himself by pacing the verandah with his cigar, or practising anyth... ...ht of Shoch-knockmorty, and bit off his nose, calling it a sweet morsel of revenge, what does he do but tell me I was mad, and that he would have none...

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... attacked by it bases her assumption of supe- riority on feelings scorned; she is a blue-stocking of senti- ment; and she is rather less of a bore, lo... ...or her noble birth, had patiently reared this sallow, sickly boy, for whom she had the devoted love moth- ers feel for such changeling creatures. Her ... ...d the devoted love moth- ers feel for such changeling creatures. Her death—she was a Casteran de la T our—contributed to bring about Monsieur de la Ba... ...stence of a superior man, chosen by herself, wittingly, as if to have some revenge on marriage, wherein her tastes were so little consulted? But if in... ...e is simply the greatest chatterbox,” replied the journalist. “A woman who wants to see you deputy!” cried Gatien. “An angel!” “Forgive me, I forgot y... ...which the matrimonial compact is violated, I could tell you of a husband’s revenge,” said Lousteau. Monsieur de Clagny threw the dice with a convulsiv... ...istic coolness. Then, after a brief meditation on this skil- fully-planned revenge, he thought it wise to return to his cell. “He laid his outer cloth... ...said the Presiding Judge in a whisper to his neighbor the Sous-prefet. “He wants to please Madame de la Baudraye,” replied the new Sous-prefet. “Well,... ...s in Cosne, was coming to meet them. “Believe me,” said Bianchon, “what he wants is to be truly loved; and if he alters his course of life, it will be...

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...ars that the passage referred to ran in fact as follows: God damn my wife. She is an excellent woman. I wish she was in hell.> It is not thus that the... ...must have been bad for the furni- ture, but I suppose the hostess took her revenge on the furniture of her friends when, in turn, she visited them. So... ...he hostess took her revenge on the furniture of her friends when, in turn, she visited them. Some of them were dressed fashionably , and they said the... ...ood. Chapter IV NO ONE WA S KINDER to me at that time than Rose Waterford. She combined a masculine intelli- gence with a feminine perversity , and th... ...them?” Miss Waterford shrugged her shoulders. “She finds them amusing. She wants to be in the movement. I fancy she’s rather simple, poor dear , and s... ...rmy he had played polo three days a week. “I don’t suppose Mrs. Strickland wants to be bothered with me just now,” I said. “Will you tell her how sorr... ...d she’s not unattractive. I can recommend her as an excellent wife. If she wants to divorce me I don’t mind giving her the necessary grounds.” Now it ... ... material things, and it was as though his body at times wreaked a fearful revenge on his spirit. The satyr in him suddenly took possession, 156 The ...

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... such as notifies a happy meeting previ- ously agreed on. Was it a case of revenge? Seeing the domino following so closely in the wake of a man appare... ... lady of position. “Do you not remember him?” replied the man on whose arm she was leaning. “Madame du Chatelet introduced him to you—” “What, is that... ...me du Chatelet introduced him to you—” “What, is that the apothecary’s son she fancied herself in love with, who became a journalist, Mademoiselle Cor... ...you will not disapprove of a step to which I was advised by your wife when she was still only Madame de Bargeton.” This neat retort, which made the Ma... ...an’s Life his ambitious du with an emphasis that betrayed long medi- tated revenge—followed the handsome dandy, and presently met a young man to whom ... .... The gloomy minister, whom God should have employed only to carry out His revenges, re- ceived the sick girl with a smile, which expressed, indeed, a... ...y good boy. We must always obey Monsieur le Prefet!” “Monsieur de Nucingen wants bleeding,” said Contenson; “he has too many banknotes in his veins.” ... ... “Put it at six thousand francs,” replied Europe. “Well, if Madame Auguste wants to be paid and keep our custom, tell her to make out a bill for thirt... ...s sake, she calls her godson. She is a first-rate cook, it would seem, and wants a place.” “Dose teufel of geniuses of de common people hafe alvays te...

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...: Ay sir: I, a lost mutton, gave your letter to her, a laced mutton, and she, a laced mutton, gave me, a lost mutton, nothing for my labor. PROTEUS:... ...ld too little for carrying a letter to your lover. PROTEUS: But what said she? SPEED: [First nodding] Ay. PROTEUS: Nod Ay why, that s noddy. SPEED... ... Ay. PROTEUS: Nod Ay why, that s noddy. SPEED: You mistook, sir; I say, she did nod: and you ask me if she did nod; and I say, Ay. PROTEUS: And... ...al paper for amends. Look, here is writ kind Julia. Unkind Julia! As in revenge of thy ingratitude, I throw thy name against the bruising stones, T... ... penitential groans, With nightly tears and daily heart-sore sighs; For in revenge of my contempt of love, Love hath chased sleep from my enthralled e... ... I worship a celestial sun. Unheedful vows may heedfully be broken, And he wants wit that wants resolved will To learn his wit to exchange the bad for... ...h girl, That flies her fortune when it follows her. I ll after, more to be revenged on Eglamour Than for the love of reckless Silvia. ...

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...e joy of her love for it was written on its lustrous beds, as poets write. She had the poetic passion for flowers. Perhaps her taste may now seem ques... ...e poetic passion for flowers. Perhaps her taste may now seem questionable. She cherished the old-fashioned delight in tulips; the house was reached on... ... be- tween rows of tulips, rich with one natural blush, or freaked by art. She liked a bulk of colour; and when the dahlia dawned upon our gardens, sh... ...ce. He may have thought besides (policy not being always a vacant space in revengeful acts) that Anthony was capable of some- thing stronger and warme... ...Boyne, Burt, Hamble, and Company. At last, he touched on Dahlia. “What she wants, I can’t make out,” he said; “and what that good lady there, or someb... ... to rise; he has such good principles.” Edward said of Margaret: “She only wants a husband who will keep her well in hand.” These sentences scarcely c... ...e never was a wife who brought a heart to her husband like mine to him. He wants to think, or he wants to smoke, and he leaves me; but, oh! when he re... ...nd defend her, whatever she has done or not done, ask me. Ask me, and I’ll revenge her. Here am I, and I know nothing, and you despise me because—don’...

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...verlook the farming is untold.’ Philip smiled, and came to the table where she was draw- ing. ‘Do you know this place?’ said she, looking up in his fa... ...stance. That is the peak of South Moor exactly, if it looked further off.’ She began the alterations, while Philip stood watching her progress, a shad... ... the most of that one flower,’ said Charles. ‘Only see how many buds!’ and she placed it by his sofa. Is it not a perfect blossom, so pure a white, an... ... prematurely wise, that I am in con- stant dread that nature will take her revenge by causing her to do something strikingly foolish!’ 14 The Heir of... ... same by us. I am glad of it, for it seems more friendly, and I am sure he wants to be com- forted.’ ‘Don’t waste your compassion, my dear; few men ne... ...en, and worked himself into a sort of insane desire—half mischievous, half revengeful—to be as provoking as he could in his turn. Seldom had he been m... ...ew wicked,’ said Amy; and Laura felt the same conviction, that treacherous revenge could never have existed beneath so open a counte- nance, with so m... ...ding, too, which he had nearly discontinued before he went to Oxford. ‘One wants some- thing,’ he said, ‘by way of refreshment, where there is no sea ... ...do with this man, at least per- sonally. Let me see him, and learn what he wants.’ ‘He wants me,’ impatiently answered Guy. ‘You are not his nephew.’ ...

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...plenty which had been the joy of her first years. Just as in her childhood she 9 Balzac had never been thwarted in the satisfaction of her playful de... ... thwarted in the satisfaction of her playful desires, so now, at fourteen, she was still obeyed when she rushed into the whirl of fashion. Thus, accus... ...nd the festivities and vanities of court life. Like most spoiled children, she tyrannized over those who loved her, and kept her blandishments for tho... ...dy to bestow on a young girl, but for which, sooner or later, it takes its revenge, had added to Emilie’s pride, and increased her self-confidence. Un... ...fusal, seemed to be waiting for the slightest turn of ill-luck to take his revenge. The indifferent, the lookers-on were beginning to weary of it; adm... ...eutenant-General. “I know what I want,” replied the young lady. “My sister wants a fine name, a fine young man, fine pros- pects, and a hundred thousa... ... of a meadow.” “He is rich,” she reflected. “As to titles, perhaps he only wants to try me. He has been told that I am mad about titles, and bent on m... ...fifty thousand francs a year that he might marry a minister’s daughter; he wants to be made a peer like the rest of ‘em. —I never heard him mention th... ...poken compassion than by any satirical com- ments for which she might have revenged herself. She ex- hausted her wit in trying to engage them in a con...

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..., before whom the tureen was placed, was so ignorant of the contents, that she was going to help Mr. Sedley without bestowing upon him either calipash... ...my wife shall travel like a lady. As long as there’s a shot in the locker, she shall want for nothing,” said the generous fellow, quite pleased with h... ...a, at Fulham: which permission George granted her with some grumbling. And she tripped away to her enormous bedroom, in the centre of which stood the ... ...d Earl said. “Well, my dear Blanche,” said the mother, “I suppose, as Papa wants to go, we must go; but we needn’t know them in England, you know.” An... ...knowing air. “All right, my boy,” Rawdon answered. “Happy to give you your revenge. Governor come round?” “Not yet,” said George, “but he will; and yo... ...usements in which the pair chose to in- dulge. “Ah!” thought Jos, “now she wants me she comes to me. When there is nobody else in the way she can thin... ...ance with her, when out of the jurisdiction of his ladies. Rebecca had her revenge now upon these insolent enemies. If became known in the hotel that ... ...ady Bareacres tell me to go and saddle the horses! Is it her Ladyship that wants to escape, or her Ladyship’s femme de chambre?” And this was all the ... ...st, deadliest pang of balked 106 V anity Fair – V olume Two affection and revenge. His son was still beloved and unforgiven. About two months afterwa...

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... dancing, in orthography, in every variety of em- broidery and needlework, she will be found to have realized her friends’ fondest wishes. In geograph... ...ussell Square may not exceed ten days. The family of distinction with whom she is engaged, desire to avail themselves of her services as soon as possi... ...ey’s, in the fly-leaf of a Johnson’s Dictionary—the interesting work which she invariably pre- sented to her scholars, on their departure from the Mal... ... to say, “Long live Lucifer!” “How can you— how dare you have such wicked, revengeful thoughts?” “Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural,” answered M... ... like a true British merchant. “What’s the matter, Emmy?” says he. “Joseph wants me to see if his—his buggy is at the door. What is a buggy, Papa?” “I... ...o see you. Have you and Emmy been quarrelling already with Joseph, that he wants to be off?” “I promised Bonamy of our service, sir,” said Joseph, “to... ...prised and delighted at his own graceful familiar manner. “For any one who wants a purse,” replied Miss Rebecca, looking at him in the most gentle win... ...against that exercise of tyranny; or perhaps he had a hankering feeling of revenge in his mind, and longed to measure himself against that splendid bu... ...is phrase, and that Master Jack intended to drive the rest of the way, and revenge himself on Sir Pitt’s horses, of course I laughed too. A carriage a...

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... is let at last?” Mr. Bennet replied that he had not. “But it is, returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it. Mr. B... ...o be anything extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.” “In such cases, a woman... ...do no such thing. Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia. Bu... ...ures in gen- eral, but did not suspect him of descending to such malicious revenge, such injustice, such inhumanity as this.” After a few minutes’ ref... ...n a few words. Miss Bingley sees that her brother is in love with you, and wants him to marry Miss Darcy. She follows him to town in hope of keeping h... ...r William, how can you tell such a story? Do not you know that Mr. Collins wants to marry Lizzy?” Nothing less than the complaisance of a courtier cou... ...I really believe Darcy does take care of him in those points where he most wants care. From some- thing that he told me in our journey hither, I have ... ...sing that the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong inducement. His revenge would have been complete indeed. “This, madam, is a faithful narrat...

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...t heard. Your mother will add to them a recipe for a certain balsam, which she had from a Bohemian and which has the miracu- lous virtue of curing all... ...s feelings; whereas Mme. D’Artagnan was a woman, and still more, a mother. She wept abundantly; and—let us speak it to the praise of M. D’Artagnan the... ...necessary for Milady* to be seen by this fellow,” continued the stranger. “She will soon pass; she is already late. I had better get on horseback, and... ...nough, gentlemen; please to understand, that’s enough. You have taken your revenge for the Rue Ferou, and even exceeded it; you ought to be satisfied.... ...to himself, consecrated to an employment which would provide for his other wants. Porthos agreed to the bargain; the thing suited him wonderfully well... ...ap- pearances to which he was accustomed, he was able to pro- vide for the wants of all for a fortnight. At last it became Aramis’s turn, who performe... ... the matter greatly. If your man is mine, with one blow I shall obtain two revenges, that’s all; but where to find this man?” “I know not.” “Have you ... ...nd detained her all day.” “Well, we are beaten! Now let us try to take our revenge.” “I will assist you with all my heart, monseigneur; be as- sured o... ... I am ready to throw myself into the fire for you; finally, that the queen wants a brave, intelligent, devoted man to make a journey to London for her...