soothed every mortification, had turned into a lie. At the opening of the second act a woman took u...
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money and go without me. While our fortune is at stake, I will set my own affairs straight, and the...
money would have paid for. I deceived you all round--over firing, oil, and even money. O Raphael mi...
"Look at all great men; nature made them pleasure-loving or base, every one. Some mocking or jealou...
laughter rang out like the song of a bird, one peal leading to another. "I am quite jealous of the...
"If you are not a millionaire, you are most certainly drunk." "Drunk with power. I can kill you!--S...
as everybody made some comment on this news of great wealth brought by the notary. This abrupt sub...
pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital. Suppose a merchant runs a risk of a million,...
bejeweled scent-bottle hung. It gave me a quite indescribable pleasure to watch the feline grace of...
the mistress of the house, as she came and went, sat and chatted, beckoned to this one or that, ask...
doorway of the theatre. At the sight of a well-dressed woman about to cross the street, a commissio...
in a while, to give lessons myself, and then we can keep a servant.' "I stole away softly, made som...
This world has aspects that are very vilely dishonorable.' " 'Yes,' said Rastignac, 'that is all ve...
spirits rose. It was as if I had laid a wager with myself, for I was at once the player and the car...
to outshine the heroes or the swaggerers to be found in her circle. When I believed that I had left...