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But neither the dance, nor the desire to please one of the handsomest men at court, nor anything else could divert Mathilde. It was impossible to be more popular. She was queen of the ball, which fact she took in coldly.

"What a dull life I shall lead with a fellow like Croisenois!'* she said to…

Except whoever might help to give his country a bicameral government, the young count considered that no one was worthy of his attention. He left Mathilde, the most fascinating woman at the ball, with pleasure, because he had seen a Peruvian general come in.

Despairing of Europe, poor Altamira h…

what it takes to make a parvenu like the Countess de Roiville, for example, turn green with envy

Bilious, Jansenist, and believing in the obligation of Christian charity

Mme. de Renal had begun to entertain gloomy thoughts. Despite her resolution, she had told Julien the whole business about the auction.* "He will make me forget all my vows," she reflected. . She would have sacrificed her life without hesitation to save her husband's had she seen him in danger. Her…