(from the answers to his inquiries) have had equal reason to suppose her a widow or wife, silly or ...
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spite of his sagacity the old Planter was unable to decide whether she turned pale from shame or pl...
"My dear uncle, I am your nephew; isn't that as good as saying that I had dipped into the capital l...
Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Mon...
believe in this excuse; but he suspected some treachery and he resolved to watch his treasure more ...
Observing the outline of the houses occupied respectively by Maitre Cornelius and by the Comte de P...
"Was he frightened?" asked the barber. "Misers are afraid of only one thing," replied the king. "My...
with the skirt of his dalmatian, a species of robe made of black velvet, open in front, with large ...
way. "Sire, I would willingly pay a thousand gold crowns if I could have a moment's talk with you;...
dinner came in from a cookshop; and our old porter's wife went up at the prescribed hour to set his...
" ' "When can I see her?" " ' "At twelve o'clock." " ' "Is Madame la Comtesse ill?" " ' "No, sir,...
" 'There are ten of us in Paris, silent, unknown kings, the arbiters of your destinies. What is lif...
will give me your advice without charging fees as long as I live, will you not?' " 'So be it; so l...
concern of yours,' and he looked the old man up and down. 'A man has no debts till payment is due.'...
" 'You don't understand it,' he said, and sitting down by the hearth, he put a tin saucepan full of...