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Title: La Comedie Humaine
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Balzac, Hono 1799-1850 Wormeley, Katharine Prescott Ives, George Burnham, 1856-1930
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Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
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might be to a woman really in love. On his side, Montriveau, quite happy in having ex-torted the vnguest of promises, and in putting asideforever the objection raised on the score of the husband,congratulated himself on his conquest of new ground.It must be owned that he abused these rights of con-quest. More youthful in heart than he had ever yet Remember, if through you any misfortune happensto Monsieur de Langeais, I will never be yours.
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Picard Copyright 1896 by Roberts Bros Procede Goii The Duchesse de Langeais. 459 been, he gave himself up to those childish delights whichmake a first love the flower of our life. He wras likea child again,—pouring out his soul and his cheatedpassion upon the hands of his idol, upon the ripplesof her blond hair, or the white brow that seemed tohim so pure. Bathed in love, the duchess lingered, hesitating tobegin the quarrel which was to separate them forever.She was more of a woman than she thought she was, —the fragile creature ! striving to reconcile the claimsof religion with the livelier emotions of vanity and thephantom pleasure whicli the true Parisian idolizes.Ever^y Sunday she heard Mass and all the offices ofthe Church ; every evening she plunged into the intoxi-cating pla)T with greater relish. Armand and Madamede Langeais were like the Fakirs of India, who arerewarded for their chastity by the temptations it offersthem. Perhaps the duchess had come to persuade her-self

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