A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac
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"Monsieur Nathan is not Moliere as yet, but--" said Madame d'Espard,
looking at the countess. "He makes vaudevilles," said Madame Charles de Vandenesse. "And unmakes ministries," added Madame de Manerville. The countess was silent; she wanted to answer with a sharp repartee; her heart was bounding with anger, but she could find nothing better to say than,-- "He will make them, perhaps." All the women looked at each other with mysterious significance. When Marie de Vandenesse departed Moina de Saint-Heren exclaimed:-- "She adores him." "And she makes no secret of it," said Madame d'Espard. CHAPTER VII SUICIDE In the month of May Vandenesse took his wife, as usual, to their country-seat, where she was consoled by the passionate letters she received from Raoul, to whom she wrote every day. |
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