Comédie humaine; ed by George Saintsbury . hink it strange that theone nature worthy of Pons and Schmucke should befound on the third floor beneath the stage of a boulevardthéâtre. Mme. Rémonencq, much impressed with Mme. Cousin Pons 345 Fontaines prédiction, déclines to retire to the is still living in her splendid shop on the Boulevardde la Madeleine, but she is a widow now for the secondtime. Rémonencq, in fact, by the terms of the marriagecontract, settled the property upon the survivor, and lefta little glass of vitriol about for his wife to drink bymistalce ; but his w^ife, w
Comédie humaine; ed by George Saintsbury . hink it strange that theone nature worthy of Pons and Schmucke should befound on the third floor beneath the stage of a boulevardthéâtre. Mme. Rémonencq, much impressed with Mme. Cousin Pons 345 Fontaines prédiction, déclines to retire to the is still living in her splendid shop on the Boulevardde la Madeleine, but she is a widow now for the secondtime. Rémonencq, in fact, by the terms of the marriagecontract, settled the property upon the survivor, and lefta little glass of vitriol about for his wife to drink bymistalce ; but his w^ife, with the very best intentions,put the glass elsevi^here, and Rémonencq swallowed thedraught himself. The rascals appropriate end vindicatesProvidence, as well as the chronicler of manners, who issometimes accused of neglect on this head, perhapsbecause Providence has been so overworked by play-wrights of late. Pardon the transcribers errors. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majestyat the Edinburgh University Press I I. PQ Balzac, Honoré de^--^^ Comédie humaine PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY
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