Study of a Woman by Honoré de Balzac
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letter, is not a friend's opera-hat, which you might have taken,
carelessly, on leaving a ball." Eugene, discomfited, looked at the marquise with an air that was both stupid and conceited. He felt that he was becoming ridiculous; and after stammering a few juvenile phrases he left the room. A few days later the marquise acquired undeniable proofs that Eugene had told the truth. For the last fortnight she has not been seen in society. The marquis tells all those who ask him the reason of this seclusion:-- "My wife has an inflammation of the stomach." But I, her physician, who am now attending her, know it is really nothing more than a slight nervous attack, which she is making the most of in order to stay quietly at home. ADDENDUM The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy. Bianchon, Horace Father Goriot The Atheist's Mass |
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