laughter rang out like the song of a bird, one peal leading to another. "I am quite jealous of the...
2011-12-13
"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...
inconciliably at ten o'clock precisely. The menus are drawn up for the whole year round, day after ...
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...
drove through the streets of Paris, lolling on the soft cushions of a fine equipage. I plunged into...
absurd superstitions. " 'You are very credulous, Pauline!' " 'The woman whom you will love is goin...
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...
for it; and these are the virtues you prescribe to woman. And that is not enough. By way of requiti...