AN OLD MAID

BY

HONORE DE BALZAC



Translated By
Katharine Prescott Wormeley



DEDICATION

To Monsieur Eugene-Auguste-Georges-Louis Midy de la Greneraye
Surville, Royal Engineer of the Ponts at Chausses.

As a testimony to the affection of his brother-in-law,

De Balzac




AN OLD MAID



CHAPTER I