The Deputy of Arcis

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Honoré de Balzac. The Deputy of Arcis

PART I. THE ELECTION

I. ALL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH A BUSTLE

II. REVOLT OF A LIBERAL ROTTEN-BOROUGH

III. OPPOSITION DEFINES ITSELF

IV. THE FIRST PARLIAMENTARY TEMPEST

V. THE PERPLEXITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ARCIS

VI. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1814 FROM THE HOSIERY POINT OF VIEW

VII. THE BEAUVISAGE FAMILY

VIII. IN WHICH THE DOT, ONE OF THE HEROINES OF THIS HISTORY, APPEARS

IX. A STRANGER

X. THE REVELATIONS OF AN OPERA-GLASS

XI. IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE BEGINS TO LOSE VOTES

XII. THE SALON OF MADAME D’ESPARD

XIII. PREFACE BEFORE LETTERING

PART II. LETTERS EXPLANATORY

I. THE COMTE DE L’ESTORADE TO MONSIEUR MARIE-GASTON

II. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS

III. THE COMTE DE L’ESTORADE TO MONSIEUR MARIE-GASTON

IV. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORAADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS

V. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS

VI. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS

VII. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS

VIII. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS

IX. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON

X. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON

XI. THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS

XII. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON

XIII. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON

XIV. MARIE-GASTON TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE

XV. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE

XVI. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE

XVII. MARIE-GASTON TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE

XVIII. CHARLES DE SALLENAUVE TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE

XIX. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L’ESTORADE

PART III. MONSIEUR DE SALLENAUVE

I. THE SORROWS OF MONSIEUR DE TRAILLES

II. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ELEVEN O’CLOCK AND MIDNIGHT

III. A MINISTER’S MORNING

IV. A CATECHISM

V. CHILDREN

VI. CURIOSITY THAT CAME WITHIN AN ACE OF BEING FATAL

VII. THE WAY TO MANAGE POLITICAL INTRIGUES

VIII. SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES

IX. IN THE CHAMBER

ADDENDUM

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Before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related.

The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber.

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“Mesdemoiselles, there is nothing that I will not do in the interests of your amusement,” said Antonin Goulard. “I will instantly proceed to ascertain if this individual is a count, and if he is, what kind of count.”

“You can make a report upon him,” said the superintendent of bridges.

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