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1 VI | will meet her between the 10th and 110th~Arcade of the
2 VI | her between the 10th and 110th~Arcade of the Rue de Rivoli;
3 VI | between No. 30 and No. 130 of the Rue du Faubourg Saint-~
4 VIII| During the campaign of 1812," General de Montriveau
5 I | entertain, and since July 1830 such women may be counted
6 IX | rising.~ ~ ~ ~ ~PARIS, June 1839-42.~ ~ ~
7 VI | citizen~quarters, between No. 30 and No. 130 of the Rue du
8 IX | PARIS, June 1839-42.~ ~ ~
9 II | had overmastered me, I had abandoned~myself to that rapturous
10 VI | committed the blunder of~abandoning their ground; they were
11 VI | in France has aided and abetted the 'perfect lady,' " said~
12 I | does the particular wit abound~which gives an agreeable
13 I | their natural freshness and abruptness, their~elusive divarications,
14 VII | will believe that it is absolutely~necessary that she should
15 VIII| greyhound. His black hair in abundant curls showed up his~complexion,
16 IX | force was expressed by this accent, which at~Paris is so common.
17 VII | roundness of the chin is accentuated by a line of light. If she
18 VII | flowers, the only~gift she accepts, and those only from certain
19 VII | opera-box, none of the~divine accessories of the toilet, is no longer
20 VIII| welcomed~with a shout of acclamation, which would have amazed
21 VIII| lady."~ ~"And where, in accordance with the sketch you have
22 I | of woman's heart, than on account of the~reflections to which
23 IV | me his work. I then saw achievements of patience surpassing~those
24 VIII| the most mordant, the most acid of all~forces; a singular
25 VI | Arthez. "The aristocracy has acknowledged her by retreating~to the
26 VIII| born close to a throne, to acquire before the age of five-and-twenty~
27 V | power of control I thus acquired over the~thoughtless impulses
28 II | admiration that dash of acrid criticism by which, in~Paris,
29 VI | the Marquise de Rochegude acridly.~ ~"The press has fallen
30 IV | intelligence, and these acrobatic~feats which can only be
31 | across
32 VIII| was~very near being by my act----"~ ~"Well, tell us all
33 IV | seeing themselves so~well acted, for he seconded the words
34 VIII| man all thought and all~action, who comprehended Desaix
35 VIII| but prodigiously powerful, active, and clean-~limbed as a
36 I | handled,~is the power of the actor and the story-teller, had
37 VI | women~are such consummate actresses; but they are glaring in
38 I | famous. Ingenious repartee, acute remarks, admirable banter,~
39 IV | happily, curiosity made her~add: 'And what did you see?
40 Add | Addendum~The following personages
41 Add | Betty~ The Country Parson~In addition, M. Bianchon narrated the
42 IV | keepsakes, and I mention his~address for the benefit of those
43 VIII| above the standard, and was admirably proportioned--a~little stout
44 II | been a journalist, and who admired de Marsay without~infusing
45 II | mislead the observant we had adopted a~scheme of conduct: never
46 II | woman who had loved and was adored; but the~Restoration, to
47 VII | or a~townswoman; she is adrift, and becomes a chattel.
48 IX | his foremost battery to~advance, and in spite of the care
49 II | youth and good looks, two~advantages due to good fortune, but
50 IV | I flung~myself into an adventure, of which the heroine was
51 IV | In scenes~like these an adverb is dangerous. But, happily,
52 VII | love-affairs, with newspapers~and advertisements; in these days the lady
53 IV | You must turn prude; I advise you to~do so. The Duke is
54 V | beseeming~the new state of affairs, for she stopped in front
55 IV | do you mean?' she said, affecting great~astonishment.--'I
56 IV | have reason to~fear our own affection----'--'Henri, do you think
57 I | commodity, so no one can afford the lavish~extravagance
58 IX | Colonel. This circumstance had aggravated his rage. He was pledged
59 IX | feebly; and in a low but agitated voice she said, 'My~poor
60 V | boudoir in real or affected~agitation; then she no doubt found
61 VIII| one is not the less an Agnes Sorel.~Do you believe that
62 I | wit abound~which gives an agreeable and changeful unity to all
63 I | knew the~world. By tacit agreement, perfectly carried out,
64 VI | Everything in France has aided and abetted the 'perfect
65 III | power of observation. My ailing~condition was evident; the
66 VIII| than precision. Did he not~aim at making all Europe France?
67 VII | industry~which is always aiming at destroying its work in
68 VI | its lace frill,~sheds an airy balm, and what I should
69 IV | indeed too tender to escape alarms; for the last six months
70 IV | distinguished life, this splendid alliance. Ah!~Charlotte, some day
71 IX | ironical simplicity, if it is~allowable to ally the two words. Brave
72 VII | husband, reduced to a meagre~allowance, with no carriage, no luxury,
73 IX | which the Italian~language allows to be given to vowels and
74 I | and those to which I have alluded, does the particular wit
75 VII | bourgeoise/ without~her alluding to her husband in one way
76 IV | Charlotte displayed her choicest~allurements: She could not live without
77 IX | simplicity, if it is~allowable to ally the two words. Brave and
78 IX | Southern sun in~her black almond-shaped eyes. At this moment she
79 IV | beautiful--and we scaled the Alps of sentiment, culling their~
80 | already
81 | also
82 VIII| acclamation, which would have amazed me greatly on the~other
83 VIII| mirthful and kind at midnight amid women, and next morning~
84 II | She had been left with an amount of~fortune sufficient for
85 VIII| Europe as a young girl might amuse herself by splashing~water
86 I | then waylays a few artists, amusing people~or intimate friends,
87 VII | two beings devoid of any analogy. The woman has~emerged from
88 I | conversation had drifted~into anecdote, and brought out in its
89 II | doubt the purity of that angel--so~fragile and so strong,
90 IX | quiescent, his blue eyes were~angelically sweet, and his smooth brow
91 V | far too much wit in your anger for your heart to suffer~
92 VIII| and white whenever he was angry,~as happened often. His
93 III | heart that it must dispel~anguish, doubt, and sorrow. All
94 VI | drawers~ ~fussing round her ankles. You will see that she is
95 IX | gesture, expressing all the annoyance~she could not feel at seeing
96 VII | guarded proprieties, of~anonymous passions steered between
97 I | expressive look gives~the answer. In short, and in a word,
98 V | grievances?'--'Certainly,' she~answered bitterly.--'Then, in fact,
99 VII | past, the demeanor of lofty~antagonism; she can crush nothing under
100 IX | a terrific signal to his antagonist,~pointing to the wood and
101 II | reflections."~ ~"Reflection is so antipathetic to it!" cried Joseph Bridau.~ ~"
102 VI | of drapery recalling the antique Mnemosyne.~ ~"Oh! how thoroughly
103 VIII| arts; and in spite of~these antitheses, really great in everything
104 V | she asked~with eager anxiety.--'And I have made advances
105 VII | mere weak~women, she is anxious not to compromise her love,
106 III | produces a sort of corporeal~apathy attuned to the contemplation
107 III | There is always a precious ape in the prettiest and most~
108 V | cuirass, display a brow where~apocryphal genius gleams under curling
109 IX | are not satisfied by my apologies I am ready to give you~satisfaction.'~ ~" '
110 V | to the baronesses--I must apologize~to Madame de Nucingen, who
111 IX | A minute later, and apparently when the Colonel was snug
112 VII | pronounced~judgment beyond appeal, to the apprehension of
113 IX | frames which are fragile in~appearance, but wiry and full of spring.
114 II | all, like Newton, have our apple, which falls and~leads us
115 VI | of the elective system~as applied to the fair sex," said the
116 IV | IV~"This, of course, applies only to passion; in any
117 III | hand.~ ~"I went to keep my appointment; the queen of my heart met
118 V | at the prettiest duchess,~appraises her as she walks downstairs,
119 I | expressed and delicately appreciated. The~men of the world especially
120 VII | judgment beyond appeal, to the apprehension of the most obtuse. She~
121 IX | tenderness which, as death~approached, seemed to know no bounds.
122 IX | the~captain was quietly approaching to join our caravan; we
123 VII | be~crushed. Thus she is apt at Jesuitical /mezzo termine/,
124 II | the talents and various~aptitudes of a statesman; still it
125 VIII| a pleasant mouth, and an aquiline nose delicately formed,
126 IV | me go to Saint-Thomas d'Aquin to~see you listening to
127 VI | between the 10th and 110th~Arcade of the Rue de Rivoli; along
128 VII | letting it fall over the arm of her chair as dewdrops~
129 Add | Montriveau, General Marquis Armand de~ The Thirteen~ Father
130 IX | came to~seat himself in an armchair by his wife's side, and
131 VIII| singular genius who carried armed civilization in every~direction
132 IV | to the Duke an excellent arrangement; he gives you a~great name,
133 IX | cold. A minute after my arrival the colonel, having~finished
134 III | together. At the moment when I arrived~it was two o'clock; the
135 VI | perfect lady,' " said~Daniel d'Arthez. "The aristocracy has acknowledged
136 VIII| rooms,~small pictures, small articles, small newspapers, small
137 VII | all~the little political artifices of her sex so naturally
138 IV | and I~went to a skilled artist who at that time dwelt in
139 I | conspicuous for their really artistic~grace and spirit.~ ~Elsewhere
140 VIII| taste, but protecting the arts; and in spite of~these antitheses,
141 IV | those which the story books ascribe to fairies, or which are
142 VI | their ground; they were ashamed of having to fight against~
143 II | champing made by horses when asking to be taken back to their~
144 I | are listening, a gesture asks a question, and an expressive
145 II | right, may it not be boldly asserted that the~frame of mind of
146 III | right to change which we assume?~
147 IV | not think so,' I replied, assuming the manner of a friend; '
148 I | only; when each woman has assured herself that for that one
149 IV | she said, affecting great~astonishment.--'I know everything,' replied
150 VII | families which your laws put asunder,' and so~forth. Then she
151 IX | went in. My weary comrades ate in silence; of course, they
152 Add | Horace~ Father Goriot~ The Atheist's Mass~ Cesar Birotteau~
153 IV | love was concerned I~was as atheistical as a mathematician.~ ~"Two
154 II | to the drawing-room? The atmosphere is not heady, the~eye no
155 III | age now would be the most~atrocious dissimulation, was the result
156 V | whom I was supposed to be attached.'~ ~"Charlotte started up
157 III | base world.~ ~"One morning, attacked by the feverish stiffness
158 VI | respect. When an~Englishwoman attempts this step, she looks like
159 VI | rare flower. This woman is attended by two very~distinguished-looking
160 II | which is almost always attent, is~loquacious or silent,
161 VII | object for the cares and attentions which such women are~now
162 IV | words by airs, and sidelong attitudes,~and mincing grimaces which
163 V | cheek, and whether he be an attorney's clerk, a contractor's
164 VII | to bestow. Therefore, to attract you to her drawing-room,~
165 VII | woman--so free at a ball, so~attractive out walking--is a slave
166 III | sort of corporeal~apathy attuned to the contemplation into
167 V | simple effrontery, an artless audacity, which would certainly have~
168 VI | Bourbon~was the last prince to avail himself of this privilege."~ ~"
169 V | she still had something to avenge. Well, my friends, I have~
170 II | to look at each other; to avoid meeting; to~speak ill of
171 IV | in love, love is so well aware of its own short~duration
172 IX | the clock struck. The Duke awoke, and was in despair~at having
173 IV | handkerchief, and said, 'Ay! that lady was very particular,
174 IX | soldiers of his regiment backed--~yes, by heaven, and pretty
175 VIII| figures~shrink into the background, and distinction is purely
176 VII | she carries money in her~bag, and has open-work stockings
177 VI | to pieces perhaps by the barbarians who are~at its heels. Hence,
178 VIII| drive a general in rags and bare-foot away~from their fire if
179 IX | reply, went into the little barn full of hay, to bed.~The
180 V | is~made a peer of France--baronesses have never succeeded in
181 V | marquises too! As to the baronesses--I must apologize~to Madame
182 IX | The farmhouse had been barricaded, and~was in flames. Swirls
183 VIII| by splashing~water in her bath! Hypocritical and generous;
184 VIII| conquering an illness by a battle, and yet doomed to die of
185 I | skeleton of literature at bay never~stalks there, on the
186 VII | thought by her inimitable bearing."~ ~"To be such a woman,
187 IV | be chained up, like wild beasts as they are, by inevitable
188 VI | while the fair Unknown, your~Beatrice of a day, is a 'perfect
189 VIII| poorest farm-buildings of la Beauce. These dwellings consist
190 IV | her hands--they were~very beautiful--and we scaled the Alps of
191 IV | charming, and of a~style of beauty utterly opposed to that
192 | becoming
193 VIII| of coloring,~the angelic bedevilments and innocent cunning, the
194 VIII| charcoal, and some frozen~beetroots. I recognized among the
195 IV | of~/tu/. 'Nay, better, I beg you to do so.'--'But,' cried
196 | beginning
197 III | who is half a Negro could behave so: indeed Shakespeare~felt
198 VII | the most perspicacious beholder will believe that it is
199 VII | you~would think them two beings devoid of any analogy. The
200 VIII| irascibility was so far beyond belief that I~will tell you nothing
201 IX | lions~in the desert, the bellowing of bulls--no, it was a noise
202 II | fresh, and ready~for the Beloved like the Oriental Lily of
203 II | slept till midday, when his benefactor was killed at ten o'clock--
204 II | that laxness of mood, that benevolence which~comes over us while
205 I | other nations. England seems bent on seeing the whole world
206 IV | me, because my presence bereft her~of all her wits; with
207 V | found an attitude and a look beseeming~the new state of affairs,
208 | Besides
209 VI | peculiar to a~well-bred woman betrays itself, especially in the
210 I | had never so~completely bewitched me. Nor was I alone under
211 V | admirable tactics. She was bewitching in this transition~of feeling,
212 VII | drawing-room,~she will be bewitchingly charming. This especially
213 VII | married woman; it would be bigamy. Would her lover still~have
214 IV | been seeking some way to bind me to her eternally, and
215 V | Certainly,' she~answered bitterly.--'Then, in fact, you hate
216 IV | chosen'--it was I who was to blame, you understand--'we would
217 Add | Jeanne-Clementine-Athenais de Blamont-Chauvry, Marquise d'~ The Commission
218 IV | successful in the eyes of the blind. 'But by~dint of going to
219 III | driving me~home with the blinds of the cab drawn. On the
220 V | yesterday,~a countess of the old block, or, as they say in Italy,
221 VIII| of," he said, looking at Blondet--"in which the~finger of
222 VI | These flowers of Paris, blooming only in~Oriental weather,
223 VI | ruled it, have committed the blunder of~abandoning their ground;
224 VII | in winter, she wears a~boa over her fur cloak; in summer,
225 VII | kinds of merchandise on board.~The whole aristocracy no
226 VII | eyes,~the forms which her bodice scarcely revealed in the
227 V | high-heeled~slippers, and stiff bodices with a delta stomacher of
228 Add | Second Home~ A Prince of Bohemia~ Letters of Two Brides~
229 IX | saw~the house, but a huge bonfire. The farmhouse had been
230 VI | step aside for her.~ ~"Her bonnet, remarkable for its simplicity,
231 VI | rubbed shoe-leather, ironed~bonnet-strings, an over-full skirt, an
232 VI | stockings; or perhaps she wears boots of the most~exquisite simplicity.
233 IX | guns up a very narrow road, bordered by a somewhat high slope
234 VIII| Talleyrand, of Pozzo de Borgo, and of Metternich,~diplomatists
235 IX | flames. Swirls of smoke borne on the wind brought us hoarse~
236 VIII| which had, in fact, been borrowed by the~Emperor from Eugene'
237 VI | elegance and refinement. Like a botanist over hill and dale~in his
238 | both
239 IV | that time dwelt in the Rue Boucher.~The man had a monopoly
240 VI | Rivoli; along the line of the Boulevards from the~equator of the
241 VI | Champs-Elysees,~which is bounded on the east by the Place
242 IX | approached, seemed to know no bounds. The silence was absolute.
243 II | me by the flowers of her~bouquet in case we were unable to
244 VI | up at random. The Duc de Bourbon~was the last prince to avail
245 VI | altogether noble nor~altogether /bourgeoises/," said the Marquise de
246 II | with a little ironical bow.~ ~"If this is a love-story,"
247 V | fact, you hate me?'--She bowed, and I~said to myself, '
248 VI | obliged to share their opera-~box with other ladies; royal
249 V | handled as a hammer by boys just out of school and by~
250 VI | cord or an imperceptible~braid. The Unknown has a way of
251 VIII| code~and a sword in his brain, word and deed; a clear-sighted
252 IX | allowable to ally the two words. Brave and well informed, he seemed
253 VI | them higher by a~hair's breadth; they glide unremarkable
254 IV | found it very difficult~to break with me, for he watches
255 IX | curiosity, pointed to his breast with the forefinger of his
256 VI | should like to call the breeze of a~Parisienne? You may
257 Add | the following:~ La Grande Breteche~ ~Blondet, Emile~ Jealousies
258 VIII| need, this creature who bridles or shows off, who~chirps
259 IX | with a light within. Her bright eyes~and color contrasted
260 VIII| potatoes, some horseflesh broiled over the charcoal, and some
261 IX | captain's right leg and~broke it, throwing him over on
262 VIII| given a heart in a frame of~bronze; mirthful and kind at midnight
263 V | been turned~into worthy brood-hens."~
264 IX | the tight knitting of her brows a sort of presentiment;
265 III | down, as if hurt by this brutal~truth so brutally stated.~ ~"
266 V | to his friend--dressed~by Buisson, as we all are, and mounted
267 VIII| in the midst of ball and bullets; a man with a code~and a
268 IX | desert, the bellowing of bulls--no, it was a noise which
269 VIII| down to eat on one of the bundles of~straw.~ ~"At the end
270 I | away, and the waxlights burn down to the~sconces.~ ~The
271 IV | wife.'--'Oh!' cried~she, bursting into tears, 'Henri, if only
272 VII | you by the Unknown. She is bustling,~and goes out in all weathers,
273 IX | have misunderstood it.~A busy statesman, always thinking
274 VII | mysterious garments like a butterfly from its silky~cocoon. She
275 IX | jest, their foils have the buttons on," said~Blondet.~ ~"Monsieur
276 V | is buried in trade; she buys socks for her dear little
277 I | depths, its myriad subtle byways, and its exquisite~politeness.
278 IX | looked at the Princesse de Cadignan--"as vitreous matter is moulded~
279 VIII| instinct or by~temperament; Caesar at five-and-twenty, Cromwell
280 IX | moment when the captain fell, calling out 'Help!' No, our Italian~
281 VI | feuilleton/--delightful calumnies~graced by elegant language.
282 VII | perhaps give occasion to calumny, never to slander."~ ~"It
283 VIII| not Taglioni a match for Camargo? or Malibran the~equal of
284 VIII| praise frankly addressed to Camille Maupin. "This~epigram is
285 VII | moments are rare?"~ ~The candid simplicity of the young
286 VII | to~bed under the golden canopy of a delicious dream, which
287 II | given~proofs of superior capabilities. Those who had known him
288 III | I am ill, I believe her capable of hurrying here and~compromising
289 IV | The man had a monopoly of capillary keepsakes, and I mention
290 I | meander with ease. Paris, the capital of taste, alone possesses
291 IV | me up to date as to the caprices and fashions~governing the
292 VIII| everything but his own fall; a capricious politician who~risked men
293 VIII| company two or three artillery~captains of the regiment in which
294 VI | to~her neck, outlining a carapace, as it were, which would
295 IX | approaching to join our caravan; we gazed at him~in silence,
296 VII | circle, an object for the cares and attentions which such
297 VII | and becomes a chattel. The Carmelites will~not receive a married
298 VII | talks to her daughter; she carries money in her~bag, and has
299 I | the dolphin in the fable, carry a monkey on~your shoulders;
300 II | is a stove with a marble casing."~ ~"Oh! spare us your terrible
301 VII | she has any,~consists in casting doubts on everything. Here
302 I | speaker utters his phrase and casts~his experience in a word,
303 VII | the coquettish~grace of a cat in the sunshine, her feet
304 VII | painters, by which the cheek~catches the high light, the nose
305 VII | notions which is neither Catholic nor Protestant--but moral?~
306 III | distance of her house, I caught sight of a messenger; I
307 II | the~narrative, by which a celebrated man, now dead, depicted
308 VIII| frankness of the eighteenth century--a~bastard system, symptomatic
309 IV | passion. The two sexes~must be chained up, like wild beasts as
310 II | comfortably on one of the springy chairs which are made~in these
311 VI | opinion to form an upper chamber of women, and who will be~
312 IX | Foam like the froth of champagne rose to~his lips; he roared
313 II | courtyard, and the pawing~and champing made by horses when asking
314 VI | flying in the Avenue of the Champs-Elysees,~which is bounded on the
315 VIII| effects of I know not~what chance--which you may call Providence--
316 I | which gives an agreeable and changeful unity to all these social~
317 I | or deep, play~and eddy, changing their aspect and hue at
318 II | loquacious or silent, as characters differ. Then every one finds
319 VIII| horseflesh broiled over the charcoal, and some frozen~beetroots.
320 III | sight of a messenger; I charged him to~have the note sent
321 III | the same time, her reserve charmed me. If she~had been the
322 V | society such as Louis XVIII.'s charter made it?'--~(Imagine how
323 VII | is adrift, and becomes a chattel. The Carmelites will~not
324 IV | faint blush colored her~cheeks.--'The Duke! What do you
325 III | smile again.~Hence this cheerfulness, which at my age now would
326 IV | famous.--'Come, do not be childish, my angel,' said I, trying~
327 II | was one, a widow without children--oh! all~was perfect--my
328 VII | the white~roundness of the chin is accentuated by a line
329 VIII| bridles or shows off, who~chirps out the ideas of Mr. This
330 IV | Charlotte displayed her choicest~allurements: She could not
331 VIII| publicity--the glory, if you choose--which~formerly gave lustre
332 VII | will need the enterprise of Christopher Columbus~to discover him.
333 III | simpletons and drawing-room~circles, who laughed at it. Marriage
334 V | this great~wreck, but the Civil Code has swept its leveling
335 VIII| genius who carried armed civilization in every~direction without
336 III | elegantly expressed, oh! as Clarissa might have written in her~
337 IX | took her husband's~and clasped it feebly; and in a low
338 Add | Imaginary Mistress~ The Middle Classes~ Cousin Betty~ The Country
339 VIII| prodigiously powerful, active, and clean-~limbed as a greyhound. His
340 VI | the hottest latitudes, the cleanest~ ~Longitudes of Paris; you
341 VII | light, the nose is shown in clear outline, the~nostrils are
342 VIII| brain, word and deed; a clear-sighted spirit that~foresaw everything
343 IV | socially wrong. Nothing more clearly proves the necessity for~
344 V | whether he be an attorney's clerk, a contractor's son, or
345 Add | Princess~ The Government Clerks~ Pierrette~ A Study of Woman~
346 VI | be flowers in it, but the cleverest of such women~wear only
347 IX | her hair in~disorder, and clinging together under a piece of
348 II | benefactor was killed at ten o'clock--or~say Pitt, or Napoleon,
349 I | exercised in Paris, and have not closed their houses.~ ~The salon
350 IX | of a~highroad. Scarcely clothed in rags, exhausted by marches,
351 II | that the murmurs of the~coachmen's voices could be heard
352 VIII| because you change your coat? In all ages the passions~
353 VII | butterfly from its silky~cocoon. She serves up, like some
354 III | insensibly formulated a horrible code--that of Indulgence. In taking~
355 VIII| public works, empires, kings, codes,~verses, a romance--and
356 IX | wrong, it is I!' he replied coldly.~ ~"Thereupon we all lay
357 V | his head straight in his collar, cover his manly bosom with~
358 I | snug~little supper." These collect in some small room. The
359 IX | drawing his sword. The two colonels went~aside. In two seconds
360 IV | mine, and a faint blush colored her~cheeks.--'The Duke!
361 VIII| musical tones and harmony of coloring,~the angelic bedevilments
362 VI | yards. She displays no gaudy colors, no open-worked stockings,
363 VII | enterprise of Christopher Columbus~to discover him. Often you
364 VI | revolutionary jargon, through long columns of type printed in old~mansions
365 VI | wit,~and distinction, all combined, but dwarfed. We shall see
366 VI | struck. You see a woman coming towards you; your first
367 IX | was at times a grace, when~commanding his men, or when he was
368 VI | Kamtschatka of miry, narrow, commercial streets, never~anywhere
369 V | thoughtless impulses which make us commit so many follies gained me~
370 I | has~become the costliest commodity, so no one can afford the
371 VIII| philanthropists /gratis/--one of the commonest ways~of being philanthropic.
372 IX | his neighbor or seeking~companionship, set out again on his way,
373 IX | was a noise which can be~compared to no known cry. And yet,
374 VIII| there some comrades more~compassionate than those I had hitherto
375 IV | men. You would have been~compelled to deceive me; yes, you
376 VII | child by~the hand, which compels her to look out for the
377 II | them? The silence was so complete that the murmurs of the~
378 III | one falls. Then the~mind complicates everything; it works on
379 I | First, an official party, composed of the persons~invited,
380 VIII| thought and all~action, who comprehended Desaix and Fouche."~ ~"All
381 VII | a~creature of equivocal compromises, of guarded proprieties,
382 III | capable of hurrying here and~compromising herself. I made an effort;
383 IX | husband.~ ~" 'On my honor, old comrade,' said I, becoming serious
384 Add | Member for Arcis~ ~Serizy, Comtesse de~ A Start in Life~ The
385 VII | will have the delicacy to conceal her husband so~effectually
386 VI | she gives herself a little concentric and harmonious~twist, which
387 VIII| yourself to~the human body, you concern yourself a good deal with
388 IV | pleasure, but where love was concerned I~was as atheistical as
389 II | overnight by a letter of Concini's peril,~slept till midday,
390 V | You are all ready to condemn the woman," said Lady Dudley. "
391 I | which each type of wit~is condensed into a shaft, each speaker
392 III | of observation. My ailing~condition was evident; the horrible
393 VI | compromise; they cannot~even confer honor on a woman taken up
394 I | rushing course some curious~confessions, several portraits, and
395 III | carried it myself, for my confidential servant was now gone. The
396 IX | seemed to~know nothing of the connections which had subsisted between
397 VIII| prodigious phenomenon of will,~conquering an illness by a battle,
398 II | are all as proud as of~a conquest. I must be silent as to
399 V | mother of children, and consequently obliged to live with~the
400 II | then, and to this day is considered one of the most~beautiful
401 VIII| Beauce. These dwellings consist of a~single room, with one
402 VII | the lady, if she has any,~consists in casting doubts on everything.
403 II | the Restoration was being~consolidated; my old friends know how
404 IX | into the syllable or the consonant in which this burr was~sounded.
405 I | the world especially were conspicuous for their really artistic~
406 V | never distinguish between constancy and~fidelity.--I know the
407 Add | Member for Arcis~ ~Canalis, Constant-Cyr-Melchior, Baron de~ Letters of Two
408 VI | vanity, satiated by being constantly gratified,~stamps her face
409 VII | to which they may seem a constellation. Conversation is~impossible
410 VI | distinguishes them--women~are such consummate actresses; but they are
411 IX | woman's pillow;~pulmonary consumption, in the last stage, left
412 II | heady, the~eye no longer contemplates the brilliant disorder of
413 III | corporeal~apathy attuned to the contemplation into which one falls. Then
414 III | woman,"~said de Marsay, continuing his story, "with infernal
415 V | be an attorney's clerk, a contractor's son, or a~banker's bastard,
416 IX | exceptional man. Passion lives on~contrast. Hence you need not ask
417 IX | Her bright eyes~and color contrasted with this languidly elegant
418 IX | Russia.~ ~"Everything was in contrasts in this exceptional man.
419 I | bound to be witty and to~contribute to the amusement of all.
420 III | think only of how I could contrive to see you.'--'And you were~
421 V | for all, and the power of control I thus acquired over the~
422 V | longer~sends to school at a convent. Thus your noblest dames
423 VI | eyelid. There is~something conventional in the attitude.~
424 I | manner notwithstanding~the conventionalities of courtesy, perfect freedom
425 VII | Free-thought, she will try to convert you, for you will have~opened
426 V | her expression of entire conviction and sweet satisfaction that
427 VIII| purely personal. I am~fully convinced that it is impossible for
428 VII | herself on a sofa with the coquettish~grace of a cat in the sunshine,
429 VI | and neatly bound with fine cord or an imperceptible~braid.
430 I | will find elegant manners, cordiality, genial~fellowship, and
431 IX | restless, turned down~at the corners instead of turning up, and
432 III | Marsay, "produces a sort of corporeal~apathy attuned to the contemplation
433 V | graced by silk socks which cost six francs,~screws his eye-glass
434 I | Fortune. Time has~become the costliest commodity, so no one can
435 VII | symbol and a promise. The costly toys of~fashion lie about,
436 VI | crossed over extremely fine cotton stockings, or~plain gray
437 IX | Colonel was snug in his couch~of straw or hay, he repeated, '
438 I | July 1830 such women may be counted in~Paris.~ ~In spite of
439 V | will be~more or less of a countess--a countess of the Empire
440 V | Blondet with a smile.~ ~"Countesses will survive," said de Marsay. "
441 III | was a man in high favor, a courtier, cold and~sanctimonious,
442 V | straight in his collar, cover his manly bosom with~half
443 IX | deplorably thin;~her face was covered with dust, like fruit exposed
444 I | Paris.~ ~In spite of the covert opposition of the Faubourg
445 I | of going away soon to La Crampade?" "How well Madame de~Portenduere
446 III | thenceforth for ever shrouded in~crape. Yes; I felt a cold and
447 V | so proud of.~That man, by creating duchesses, founded the race
448 VI | flourish, where the warmest creations of industry are displayed,
449 VI | Montmorency would ever be~such a creature--she would not be a lady."~ ~"
450 VII | ball; there she was our creditor; in her own home she owes
451 IX | the wind brought us hoarse~cries and an indescribable pungent
452 IV | have~committed the greatest crime,' I went on. 'I have doubted
453 VIII| Caesar at five-and-twenty, Cromwell at thirty; and then,~like
454 VII | sheet of music with its crotchets and quavers and~minims,
455 III | thought over the really cruel vengeance to be taken on
456 IX | thought, betrayed~a streak of cruelty in a character which seemed
457 VII | lofty~antagonism; she can crush nothing under foot, it is
458 V | ell of satin by way of a cuirass, display a brow where~apocryphal
459 IV | scaled the Alps of sentiment, culling their~sweetest flowers,
460 VIII| bedevilments and innocent cunning, the speech and the~silence,
461 VII | as dewdrops~hang on the cup of a flower, and all is
462 IV | words:~/great sensation/.~ ~"Cured of my cold, and of my pure,
463 VII | push aside the ringlet~or curl she plays with. If she has
464 V | apocryphal genius gleams under curling locks, and strut in a pair
465 VIII| His black hair in abundant curls showed up his~complexion,
466 II | doors were shut, and the curtains drawn~over them? The silence
467 VII | serves up, like some rare dainty, to your lavished eyes,~
468 IV | flowers, and pulling off the daisy-petals; there is always a~moment
469 VI | a botanist over hill and dale~in his pursuit of plants,
470 V | convent. Thus your noblest dames have been turned~into worthy
471 VIII| conversation~as you do for those of dancing or of music, your fortune
472 II | Pretty women, political dandies, artists, old men, de Marsay'
473 VI | makes the most insolent~dandy step aside for her.~ ~"Her
474 VIII| second campaign; I enjoyed danger, and laughed~at everything,
475 VI | the 'perfect lady,' " said~Daniel d'Arthez. "The aristocracy
476 IX | him~in silence, for no one dared question him; but he, understanding
477 IX | woman~named Rosina, very dark, but with all the fire of
478 VIII| store-room for forage.~ ~"In the darkness of twilight I could just
479 II | into his admiration that dash of acrid criticism by which,
480 IV | prisoners. He brought me up to date as to the caprices and fashions~
481 VII | guardian to two treasures of dazzling whiteness, or~glancing in
482 II | which a celebrated man, now dead, depicted the innocent~jesuistry
483 IV | are, by inevitable law,~deaf and mute. Eliminate revenge,
484 VI | And God alone knows how dearly he paid for it," said Lord
485 VII | movements. The enchanting deceiver plays off all~the little
486 IX | thus flaunted without human~decency, and the offence to her
487 VI | moulding her skirt~with such a decent preciseness that the passer-by
488 VII | middle-aged man wearing a~decoration, who bows and goes out.
489 I | I~Dedication~To Leon Gozlan as a Token
490 VIII| sword in his brain, word and deed; a clear-sighted spirit
491 I | Marsay opened up~one of the deepest recesses of woman's heart,
492 IX | neglect had not~altogether defaced, still suggested love to
493 IX | protect the husband, bound to defend him as he would have defended
494 IX | defend him as he would have defended the~woman herself.~ ~"Now,
495 VIII| Madame Doublet, or Madame du Deffant, in whose rooms so much
496 IV | corner, married, happy, and defied the~world.'--'Well, it is
497 I | this profusion~of ideas, of definitions, of anecdotes, of historical
498 VIII| everything is a matter of degree; all the great figures~shrink
499 IV | in my opinion, you~should delay no longer; he is rich; he
500 V | shameless betrayal! It was~deliberately planned!'--'No, only a rational
501 VII | your leisure the studied~deliberateness of her movements. The enchanting