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...Excerpt: PART I. Mme. De Bargeton and Lucien de Rubempre had left Angouleme behind, and were traveling together upon the road to Paris. Not one of the party who made that journey alluded to it afterwards; but it may be believed that an infatuated ...

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...incial at Paris is part two of a trilogy. Part one, T wo Poets, begins the story of Lucien, his sister Eve, and his friend David in the provincial to... ...avid, reverts to the setting of Angouleme. Following this trilogy Lucien’s story is continued in yet another book, Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life. A D... ...e portions were cut with so strict an eye to business that they savored of short commons. In such small matters Paris does not show its best side to t... ...man or woman from Angouleme who hap- pens to see you would cut your career short in a strange fash- ion. You would simply be Lucien’s mistress. “If yo... ... as that nowadays. Mortifications and want only fall to the lot of unknown writers; as soon as a man’s name is known, he grows rich, and I will be ric... ...se to his friend’s side as a soldier might keep by a comrade on the frozen Russian plains. During those early days of his acquaintance, he noticed, no... ...little Florville, are you cured already of your fancy? They told me that a Russian prince had carried you off.” “Who carries off women in these days” ... ...ion by name. Du Potelet has forgotten that he was once in waiting upon Her Imperial Highness; but he still sings the songs composed for the benefactre... ... asked Lucien. “He came here to ask for an explanation,” said Vernou. “The Imperial buck found old Giroudeau at home; and old Giroudeau told him, with...

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Excerpt: A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...on the long distances of twelve to eighteen miles, the coucou came down to shorter trips, and so lived on for several years. At last, however, it succ... ...ng to in- fringe the law as to the number of passengers he might carry. In short, he possessed the affection of the masses; and thus it happened that ... ...f its being given here. The four-wheeled coach was surmounted by a hooded “imperial,” into which Pierrotin managed to poke six pas- 10 A Start in Lif... ...ntrance is through a sort of passage-way beneath the floor of the sec- ond story, in which two or three coaches had room to stand. In 1822 the offices... ...mar- riage placed him (more than one example of which could be seen at the imperial court), Moreau asked the count to give him the management of the P... ... in school at the time his business took him to the house. Here is the sad story which Pierrotin could never have dis- covered, even by asking for inf... ...ary to talk; Spaniards have no public 46 A Start in Life conveyances; and Russians no roads. There is no amusement except in the lumbering diligences... ... of wine, pates, and candle-grease. To exhibit the stamp of truth that the writers had managed to put upon these records, we may here give the report ...

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...sight the lead- ing characters of a class too long unheeded by the pens of writers who seek novelty as their chief object. Perhaps this forgetfulness ... ...n of old France, 9 Balzac and magnolias with hortensias at their feet. In short, the place is the Invalides of the heroes of horticulture, once the f... ...ld hear of some new method of agriculture: “There sleep the cavalry of the imperial guard,” said the peasant who served us as a guide; “those are thei... ...en Elizabeth at the gates of Kenilworth. Choleric though kind, and full of imperial hauteur, he has the caustic tongue of a soldier, and is quick at r... ...e rafts could not pass on account of the shifting channels. Blondet took a short cut through the labyrinths of the park to reach the gate of Conches. ... ...ainst physical pain almost as powerful as that of the 26 Sons of the Soil Russians or the Arabs. “Here’s one of Cooper’s Red-skins,” thought Blondet;... ... his cheeks from blushing like those of a vir- gin who hears an indecorous story of which she knows the meaning. “Ha! ha! so you have hunted the otter... ...ds, said with some pique, the general grew seri- ous, and Blondet told the story of his fishing for the otter. “But if they really have an otter,” sai... ...Tall and strong, he belonged to the class of soldiers accustomed, like the Russians, to obey, passively and absolutely. Nothing hin- dered him in the ...

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...Excerpt: Note. It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circumstances of life, has never been accused of representing actual persons in the two or three thousand portraits which he painted of human nature....

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...exact image of the past, the symbol of a grand thing destroyed,—a poem, in short. This mansion belongs to the noblest family of the prov- ince; to the... ...s the same as the staircase tower, except that it stops at the first upper story and its summit is a small open dome, beneath which stands a now black... ...e light like a filagree of burnished gold. The baroness always braided the short locks curling on the nape of her neck—which are a sign of race. This ... ... explained by his actual suffering during the emigration. He served in the Russian navy until the day when the Emperor Alexander ordered him to be emp... ...rnalist, and has at this very moment in her house the most venomous of all writers,—so the post- master says, and he’s a juste-milieu man who reads th... ...iterature of the dead languages, and to a very restricted choice of French writers. When, at sixteen, he began what the Abbe Grimont called his philos... ... her uncle’s wife, a young woman given over to the social pleasures of the imperial epoch, Felicite brought herself up as a boy. She kept company with... ... de Rochefide.” In 1842 this con- cluding paragraph was suppressed and the story continued as here follows.—TR. 206 Balzac XVIII THE END OF A HONEY-M... ...d truly, and for himself alone. Aurelie refused to make the happiness of a Russian prince who of- fered her five thousand francs a month. “You are a l...

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...g than able; but, at whatever distance I may be from the greatest of comic writers, I shall still be glad to have used these crumbs in showing the mod... ...e served him well. He accustomed himself 13 Balzac to practise, under the imperial regime, a passive obedience which pleased his superiors; and it wa... ...to plunge him into the cares of property, into the culture of a garden, in short, into all the infinitely petty concerns and neighborhood intrigues wh... ...a medley. But the successes of “that handsome Thuillier” were usu- ally of short duration; women did not care to keep his devo- tion any more than he ... ...15 Balzac at a ministry and wore the livery of Louis XVI.; he resembles an imperial diplomatist or a sub-prefect. Now, not only did Mademoiselle Thuil... ...ce she made a proposal to her as follows: ‘A friend of mine,’ she said, ‘a Russian princess for whom one of the first upholsterers has just made splen... ...s had been provided for him: one book was English, another German, a third Russian; there was even one in cabalistic letters that seemed T urkish. Was... ... of his conditional promise to Cerizet, was likely to have heard the whole story of that transaction from Cerizet himself. Evidently all means were th... ...for a carriage he drove home, and half an hour later he had told the whole story to his Egeria. Brigitte had from the first very vehemently declared a...

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... of a pretty woman, attracted the eye to their rosy, well-shaped nails. In short, had it not been for his magisterial and stupendous nose, the chevali... ..., had a grace that was quite irresistible when they came from his lips. In short, the chevalier had the privilege of superlatives. His compliments, of... ...is in store for us, with a carriage, diamonds, an opera-box, and so forth. Russians, Austrians, Britons, have millions on which we have an eye. Beside... ...d on whom his matrimonial views now turned. Du Bousquier’s aversion to the Imperial government had thrown him at first into the royalist circles of Al... ...dopes, the Imperias, the Ninons of the past. One of the most distinguished writers of the Restora- tion has taken her under his protection; perhaps he... ...ecorated with corner blocks cut into diamond facets. It has only one clear story above the ground-floor; but the roof, rising steeply, has several pro... ...es. For some months past she had counted on chance. The disbandment of the Imperial troops and the reorganization of the Royal army caused a change in... ...who had never opened a novel, would have read a hundred chapters of a love story in the eyes of Athanase Granson, where Mademoiselle Cormon saw absolu... ...ncle announced in this sudden missive that Monsieur de T roisville, of the Russian army during the Emigration, grand- son of one of his best friends, ...

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...The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publica- tion of the Pen... ...h pious and monarchical sentiments, a bour- geois as one of themselves. In short, wherever he was he was just what he ought to be; he left Gaudissart ... ...on of noted names which is levied without the knowledge of the unfortunate writers who bear them, and who thus find themselves actual co-operators in ... ... with com- parisons and her real India shawls imported by the suite of the Russian ambassador, and her silver plate and her Russian prince,—who to my ... ...uilt in the Rue d’Artois, where Gaudissart and Jenny climbed to the fourth story. This was the abode of Mademoiselle Jenny Courand, commonly reported ... ...ined two weeks at the latter place to write up his correspondence and make short visits to the various market towns of the department. The night befor... ...t little cricket Lamard to the big Bulot at the cafe, when he told him the story. “I leave to-morrow for Amboise. I shall do up Amboise in two days, a... ... getting down at the Soleil d’Or, an inn kept by a former grenadier of the imperial guard named Mitouflet, married to a rich widow, the illustrious tr...

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Excerpt: The Muse of the Department by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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... produce brought from the up- per and lower Loire. At the period when this story begins the suspension bridges at Cosne and at Saint-Thibault were al-... ... the Crusades, figured in the chief events of the history of Le Berry. The story must be told. In the time of Louis XIV . a certain sheriff named Mila... ...ookers-on. T o reach Saint-Thibault from Caesar’s Gate there is a way much shorter than that by the ramparts, down what is known in mountainous distri... ...often seen; but the provincial woman—never! 29 Balzac If her waist is too short and her figure ill balanced, well, she makes up her mind to the worst... ...souls in three departments of France is enough to revive the enthusiasm of writers as to the Furia Francese, which nowadays is more apt to expend itse... ...onor as a journalist, I have launched above a hundred articles against the writers you speak of; but I confess that in attacking them it was to attemp... ...ould walk about in as perfect safety as in broad daylight. The fete was of imperial magnifi- cence. Nothing was grudged to give the Spaniards a high i... ...ell us what’s up,’ said an old Republican colonel, who cared not a rap for Imperial gentility and choice language. “The surgeon-major looked about him... ... public knowl- edge in the matter of literature,” said Bianchon. “Like the Russians, beaten by Charles XII., who at least learned the art of war, the ...

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...Excerpt: IN 1828, at about one o?clock one morning, two persons came out of a large house in the Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honore, near the Elysee-Bourbon. One was the famous doctor, Horace Bianchon; the other was one of the most elegant men in Paris, the Baron de Rastignac; they were friends of long standing. Each had sent away his carriage, and...

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...s a hundred thousand francs a year— some day, perhaps, I may marry her! In short, she will put me into a position which will enable me to pay my debts... ...ndred francs a year, and regarded as crazy, or eccentric, or imbecile. “In short, my dear boy, the Marquise is a woman of fash- ion, and I have a part... ... the advice of Cambaceres, he was one of the first men named to sit on the Imperial High Court of Justice at Paris. Popinot was no schemer. Whenever a... ...are ganglions in every brain— a narrow judgment which the world applies to writers, to statesmen, to everybody who begins with some specialty be- fore... ... and less known, existed within. Twelve years before the beginning of this story, in 1816, during the terrible scarcity which coincided disastrously w... ...rne, and for the benefit of her son, aged thirty-six, an officer in the ex-Imperial Guards, whom the Marquis d’Espard has placed by his influence in t... ...on is in direct proportion to ugliness,” said the lawyer; “that is the old story. And then think of the smallpox, doctor. But to proceed. “ ‘That so l... ...pard was also a friend of a foreign lady, with whom a famous and very wily Russian diplomate was in the habit of discussing public affairs. And then a... ...m she flattered, pronounced her as capable in diplomacy as the wife of the Russian ambassador to London. The Marquise had indeed several times suggest...

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Excerpt: Pierrette by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...y A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Pierrette by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penn-... ...he tender eyes of your father and your mother,—how can I dedicate to you a story full of melancholy? And yet, ought not sorrows to be spoken of to a y... ...haps you will be made to feel how fortunate your fate is when you read the story sent to you by Your old friend, De Balzac. PIERRETTE I THE LORRAINS A... ...window, twisted it, and raised her cold, pale-blue little eyes, with their short lashes set in lids that were always rather swollen, to the attic wind... ...ult-findings she bore during the day. Like the hero of a ballad, German or Russian, I forget which, her sleep seemed to her the happy life; her waking... ...blue-gray drilling unevenly colored by the various lengths of the warp,—in short, all those humble, strong, and durable things which make the apparel ... ...een to a man of her choice, a Breton officer named Lorrain, captain in the Imperial Guard. Love often makes a man ambitious. The captain, anxious to r... ...irit, exceeds in brilliancy of re- source and invention the ablest romance-writers. When the post gets hold of a letter, worth, to it, from three to t... ...l them; and Gouraud began to cast his eyes on the old maid’s fortune. This imperial colonel, a short, fat man, wore enor- mous rings in ears that were...

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...entence he was dictating— “given in—Are you ready?” “Yes,” cried the three writers. It all went all together, the appeal, the gossip, and the con- spi... ...et Conquetes, where it is related in full detail. We cut through the three Russian lines, which at once closed up and formed again, so that we had to ... ... the moment when we were near- ing the Emperor, after having scattered the Russians, I came 15 Balzac against a squadron of the enemy’s cavalry. I ru... ...e heard his visitor express himself with complete lu- cidity, and relate a story so probable though so strange, the young lawyer ceased fingering the ... ...at this was not the moment for saying, ‘Respect courage in misfortune!’ In short, monsieur, after enduring the anguish, if the word is strong enough f... ...like a vagabond, begging my bread, treated as a madman when I have told my story, with- out ever having found or earned a sou to enable me to re- cove... ...urg Saint-Marceau, Rue du Petit-Banquier, with an old quartermaster of the Imperial Guard, now a cowkeeper, named Vergniaud. Having reached the spot, ... ... mouth a very finely-colored pipe—a technical phrase to a smoker—a humble, short clay pipe of the kind called “brule- queule.” He lifted the peak of a... ...he rank of General, to which I have a right, for I was made Colonel of the Imperial Guard the day before the battle of Eylau.” “Things are not done so...

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...young, and when the sun fills a cloudless heaven with a blaze of light. In short, it was a fair land—it was the land of France! The traveler was a tal... ...s a sure token by which you may know the men who served erewhile under the short- lived yet deathless Eagles of the great Emperor. The traveler was, i... ...ly expressed an inquiry, that, as they went along, the doctor told him the story prom- ised by this beginning. “When I first settled here, sir, I foun... ...se or of thanks from his listener, it appeared from his way of telling the story of this episode in his administrative career, that he had been moved ... ...constantly on active service in Germany, lastly the poor fel- low made the Russian campaign.” “We are brothers-in-arms then, to some extent,” said Gen... ...erever Napoleon led us, and have borne a part in every battle in which the Imperial Guard has struck a blow; but everybody knows all about these event... ...it save a certain flatness of feature which called to mind the Cossack and Russian countenances that since the disasters of 1814 have unfortu- nately ... ...cussions on points of general interest which modern authorities and modern writers have called in question. In my opinion, a man who has thought out a... ...had foretold. The rattle-pates in Paris, who had kept quiet ever since the Imperial Guard had been established, think that HE is dead, and hatch a con...

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Excerpt: Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...hat Havre is helplessly circumscribed by enclosing fortifications, and, in short, that the mouth of the river, the harbor, and the docks present a ver... ...come since that time the Auteuil, the Ville-d’Avray, the Mont- morency, in short, the suburban residence of the merchants of Havre. Here they build th... ... sheathed in Northern woods carved and cut in open-work like the beautiful Russian chalets. The little antechamber formed by the landing and the well ... ... dignity usually denied to those who have seen better days. Perhaps as the story goes on, the reader will not regret hav- ing learned in advance a few... ...tating interest of others would have seemed quite poetic. Nowadays romance-writers arrange such effects; and it is quite within their province to do s... ... Legion of honor and major of a regiment of cavalry. Taken prisoner by the Russians he was sent, like so many others, to Siberia. He made the journey ... ...larmed at this investment, having less faith than his father-in-law in the imperial eagle. The phe- nomenon of belief, or of admiration which is ephem... ...the final happiness of residing at the Chalet, where at the time when this story begins Madame Mignon and her daughter were living in obscurity. The d... ...the purest soul is more or less intoxicated by the heady atmosphere of the imperial city. Happy in the thought that he was not Cana- lis, our young se...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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...Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring Note: The story of Lucien de Rubempre begins in the Lost Illu- sions trilogy which co... ...as followed, though he knew it not, by a man in a mask, dogging his steps, short and stout, with a rolling gait, like a barrel. To every one familiar ... ... know, why that old coat is a little better than the chamberlain’s key and Imperial gold bees which you bear on yours, to the great despair of Madame ... ...g of this detail of fashionable life before the Restora- tion till certain writers took up the “rat” as a new subject. “What! after having seen Corali... ...cesses. She feeds you up to the chin, she helps you to drink and smoke. In short, this woman is the salt of which 16 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life R... ...which prompted you to commit this last crime, this attempted suicide.” “My story is very simple, Father,” replied she. “Three months ago I was living ... ...s a virgin that clings to earth only by her woman’s shape; within raged an imperial Messalina. 41 Balzac She alone knew the secret of this struggle b... ...by Louise de Savoie to Semblancay; a War Office clerk sold the plan of the Russian campaign to Czernitchef; and these traitors were more or less rich.... ...chasseur with his plumes and an uniform of green and gold as dazzling as a Russian General’s, proclaiming a lady of aristocratic rank and almost royal...

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...The Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Ser... ...ronic Classics Series Publication The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...racter. Mlle. d’Esgrignon is one of the most instructive fig- ures in this story; she affords an example of the mischief that may be done by the pures... ...ered the service of Napoleon, and went into the army or held places at the Imperial court, and others made alliances with the up- start families. All ... ...the expectations of the person- ages so vividly described by Blondet. This story, therefore, only begins to shape itself in 1822. In 1822 the Marquis ... ...reins, a Cadignan, a d’Uxelles, a Beausant, a Blamont- Chauvry; a wife, in short, who should unite all the distinc- tions of birth and beauty, wit and... ...shot, he handled arms like a St. George, he was a paladin on horseback. In short, he gratified the pride which parents take in their children’s appear... ...roes and to Diderot’s homespun characters (see the first editions of those writers’ works). The Marquis always wore a white, gold-embroidered, high wa... ... of his friendship with the Countess. Perhaps Mme. de Montcornet, with the Russian blood in her veins (her mother was the daughter of the Princess Sch...

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Excerpt: The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...protectress of this book now launched upon our literary ocean; and may the Imperial name which the Church has canonized and your devotion has doubly s... ...belonged in those times to makers of halberds and battle-axes, armorers in short, artificers whose work was not injured by exposure to the open air; f... ...ered with old iron and brass, tires of wheels, springs, bells, anything in short which the destruction of buildings afforded of old metals, persons in... ...d or interested by the building, stopped before it and gazed at the second story, old Sauviat would poke his head beyond the overhanging projection, c... ...ht of it,” answered Veronique. The girl passed the whole night reading the story,—one of the most touching bits of writing in the French language. The... ...to plunge the prelate into the condition of quietude prescribed by medical writers on digestion; seem- ingly his eyes were resting mechanically on the... ...e 1829, ornamentation has made some progress at the instigation of certain writers, landowners were at that period afraid of expenses which the lack o... ...uld Cachin, the man of genius to whom France owes Cherbourg, have existed? Imperial despotism brought him forward; the constitutional regime would hav... ...ur thought without disguise, and I won’t con- tradict you. Napoleon in his Russian campaign was forty years in advance of the spirit of his age; he wa...

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...nce, nor to the representative of the illustrious house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedicate this short portion of a long history; it is to the learned commentator of Dante....

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...s given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedi- cate this short portion of a long history; it is to the learned commentator of Dante.... ... visitors who wear an order, have a blue uniform, and walk ponderously; in short, they know a rich man when they see him. This ground floor was entire... ... you ask the reasons for my conduct, you drive me to extremities with your imperial airs, your scorn, and your contempt! Any one might think I was a N... ... a widower five years since,” Crevel began, in the tone of a man who has a story to tell, “and not wishing to marry again for the sake of the daughter... ... made the large room, with its red, white, and gold, look like a corpse of Imperial festivities. “Monsieur, virtue shines on it all. I have no wish to... ...d him to find out how he might make a living. Wenceslas, after telling his story, added that he owed his position to his acknowledged talent for the f... ...the papers that prove your identity?” “Yes, Monsieur le Baron. They are in Russian and in Ger- man, but not legalized.” “Do you feel equal to undertak... ...e a house-warming in the Rue Chauchat, with some artists, and players, and writers.—She took me in! But I can forgive her, for Heloise amuses me. She ... ...9 Balzac as the late Marshal Montcornet leading a cavalry charge against a Russian square. Being such a handsome man, he had never known any ground fo...

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...The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...is hatred against all that reached legitimate success increased by his own shortcomings. She tried to marry him to an excellent young girl, the only d... ...l have time to sell my furniture,” he said, as he bowed to her. During the short time that Madame de la Chanterie’s arm rested upon his as they walked... ... some one there.’ This remark excited my curiosity. I went up to the fifth story. A charming person opened the door,—oh, such a pretty young woman! wh... ...nsieur Alain; “for it is connected with one of the most terrible events of Imperial policy. It was through my friend Bordin that I first knew Madame. ... ...en the least important, whether political or individual. The system of the Imperial government was that of all absolute govern- *Chauffeurs. This name... ... will then know the general facts so thor- oughly that I can end the whole story in a few words.” IX THE LEGAL STATEMENT MONSIEUR A LAIN placed the pa... ...ghbor, he thinks, would kill his daughter. On the second floor we have two writers; they don’t come in till midnight, and are off before eight in the ... ... sur- prise only lasted for an instant, for he had seen among Ger- man and Russian Jews many instances of the same contrast between apparent misery an...

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...but, elegant figures being in the minority, the success of the spencer was short-lived in France, English though it was. At the sight of the spencer, ... ... try to copy. He wore low shoes beneath gaiters of the pattern worn by the Imperial Guard, doubtless for the sake of economy, because they kept the so... ...aiters, the metal buttons on the greenish coat,—all these reminiscences of Imperial fashions were blended with a sort of afterwaft and lingering perfu... ...ing to the bourgeois and phi- listine mind, the most mirific joviality, in short (to use the old Rabelaisian word newly taken into use). Yet this elde... ...ve borne the title of The Two Friends; but to take the name of this divine story would surely be a deed of vio- lence, a profanation from which every ... ... The old artist’s wonderful pantomime, his vivid, eager way of telling the story of the triumph of his shrewdness over the dealer’s ignorance, would h... ...ity to the story, but truth is so much the more like fiction, since modern writers of fiction have been at such untold pains to imitate truth. It was ... ...ne covered with delicate carving, the like of which had never been seen. A Russian lady (Russian ladies are apt to forget that they are not in Russia)... ...rough you, madame?—So young! and yet have you such vices as this?” asked a Russian prince. Russians are by nature imitative; imitative indeed to such ...

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...f stimu- lation, with excited faces, and revels that began in wine, to end shortly in the Seine. The passion is there in full mea- 5 Balzac sure, but... ...e back of a motionless tortoise. The Emperor Augustus remained unmoved and imperial with an air-pump thrust into one eye. Portraits of French sheriffs... ...ay of an Etruscan vase? The Latin queen caressed her chimera. The whims of Imperial Rome were there in life, the bath was disclosed, the toilette of a... ... and dark, al- mond-shaped eyes. He shivered over midnight adventures, cut short by the cool thrust of a jealous blade, as he saw a mediaeval dagger w... ...tep chaos, can raise a psalm with- out end, and outline for themselves the story of the Universe in an Apocalypse that reveals the past. After the tre... ...ou so much as a French centime, a para from the Levant, a German heller, a Russian kopeck, a Scottish farthing, a single obolus or sestertius from the... ...at scoundrels,” and there was an ingenuousness in his tones that set these writers, the hope of young France, in a roar. “So far our blasphemies have ... ...appiness should carry me away.” “Oh, if you are going to get her on to the story of those four lads of La Rochelle, she will never get to the end of i... ... passage of Beresina; and when Napoleon later on proposed an exchange, the Russian authorities made search for him in Siberia in vain; he had escaped ...