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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
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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far-seeingglance of the truly superior man weighed upon Dinah,who did not admit her pettiness to herself. The doctor may be more of a man than the journal-ist, she said to herself, but I dont like him sowell. Then she thought of the obligations of the profession,and wondered whether a woman could ever be anythingelse than a subject in the eyes of a physician, who seesso many subjects during his day! The first branch ofthe thought written by Bianchon in her album was theresult of a professional observation which fell too straightupon womankind for Dinah not to be struck by it. Andlastly, Bianchon, whose large practice forbade him toprolong his stay, was to leave on the morrow. Whatwoman, unless with Cupids fabled arrow quivering inher heart, can make up her mind in so short a time! These trivial things, which bring about great catas-trophes, once seen in bulk by Bianchon, he told Lou-steau in four words the strange opinion he had formedconcerning Madame de La Baudraye, which caused the
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The Muse of the Department. 133 journalist the keenest surprise. While the two Parisianswere whispering together, a tempest arose against thehostess among the Sancerrois, who had no comprehen-sion either of the paraphrase or of Lousteaus com-ments. Far from seeing therein the romance that theprocureur du roi, the sub-prefect, Lebas the first deputy,M. de La Baudraye, and Dinah had deduced from it, allthe women gathered about the tea-table could see naughtbut a mystification, and accused the Muse of Sancerreof having had a share in it. They had all expectedto pass a charming evening, and had strained to nopurpose their mental faculties. Nothing disgusts thepeople of the provinces more than the idea of beingused as a plaything for Parisians. Madame Piedefer left the tea-table to say to herdaughter: - Pray go and speak to those ladies; theyre verymuch offended by your conduct. Lousteau could not forbear to remark Dinahs mani-fest superiority to the elite of the women of Sancerre:she was

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