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Love in a Mask
Honoré de Balzac
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Beginning with a flirtatious conversation at a masked ball, Balzac introduces his two main characters, a beautiful wealthy young widow and a gallant cavalry officer, and demonstrates his creative genius with deft plot twists of hidden identity and romantic intrigue.
Beginning with a flirtatious conversation at a masked ball, Balzac introduces his two main characters, a beautiful wealthy young widow and a gallant cavalry officer, and demonstrates his creative genius with deft plot twists of hidden identity and romantic intrigue.
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"Do not play with me now. I am about to lose you. How shall I be able to—"
"Well, there is just the possibility that I may come to the Mi-Carême ball here."
"Three weeks to wait! Ye gods, three centuries!"
"Yes, three weeks, perhaps, and perhaps never."
"I shall be dead by that time, dead with impatience and worry."
"That will entirely upset my plans."
"Your plans?"
But they had reached the door. A carriage had just drawn up, but in the darkness it was impossible to distinguish either its color or its coat of arms. A black servant was holding the door open.
"May I not at least cherish the hope that you will be sorry for my sufferings?"
"Indeed, I fancy you are going to occupy my mind considerably."
As she finished speaking, she sprang lightly into the carriage, and the horses dashed rapidly off.
Léon stood an. . . Read More
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