Petty Troubles of Married Life, Second Part

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Honoré de Balzac. Petty Troubles of Married Life, Second Part

PREFACE

PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFE

HUSBANDS DURING THE SECOND MONTH

DISAPPOINTED AMBITION

THE PANGS OF INNOCENCE

THE UNIVERSAL AMADIS

WITHOUT AN OCCUPATION

INDISCRETIONS

BRUTAL DISCLOSURES

A TRUCE

USELESS CARE

SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE

THE DOMESTIC TYRANT

THE AVOWAL

HUMILIATIONS

THE LAST QUARREL

A SIGNAL FAILURE

THE CHESTNUTS IN THE FIRE

ULTIMA RATIO

COMMENTARY

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Two young married women, Caroline and Stephanie, who had been early friends at M'lle Machefer's boarding school, one of the most celebrated educational institutions in the Faubourg St. Honore, met at a ball given by Madame de Fischtaminel, and the following conversation took place in a window-seat in the boudoir.

It was so hot that a man had acted upon the idea of going to breathe the fresh night air, some time before the two young women. He had placed himself in the angle of the balcony, and, as there were many flowers before the window, the two friends thought themselves alone. This man was the author's best friend.

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"'Are you quite sure of that?'

"The that refers to the two hundred and eighty thousand francs. A little judge then holds forth, he runs over the investments, the others discuss their value, and it is definitely settled that if he has not left two hundred and eighty thousand, he left something near it.

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