| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: customer."
"The convict Jacques Collin," replied Corentin.
"Will you speak, Ferdinand?" said the Duke de Chaulieu to his friend.
"That wretch is an object of fear," said the Duc de Grandlieu, "for he
has possessed himself, so as to be able to levy blackmail, of the
letters written by Madame de Serizy and Madame de Maufrigneuse to
Lucien Chardon, that man's tool. It would seem that it was a matter of
system in the young man to extract passionate letters in return for
his own, for I am told that Mademoiselle de Grandlieu had written some
--at least, so we fear--and we cannot find out from her--she is gone
abroad."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Secretary. There are two women among them; are they to be flogged also?
Egmont. He may admonish them and let them go.
Secretary. Brink, of Breda's company, wants to marry; the captain hopes
you will not allow it. There are so many women among the troops, he
writes, that when on the march, they resemble a gang of gypsies rather
than regular soldiers.
Egmont. We must overlook it in his case. He is a fine young fellow, and
moreover entreated me so earnestly before I came away. This must be the
last time, however; though it grieves me to refuse the poor fellows their
best pastime; they have enough without that to torment them.
Secretary. Two of your people, Seter and Hart, have ill-treated a damsel,
Egmont |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: "Very good; but will you play fair?" cried Goupil, shaking his
fingers.
Minoret pressed the clerk's hands replying:--
"On my word of honor."
CHAPTER XVII
THE MALIGNITY OF PROVINCIAL MINDS
Like all crafty persons, Goupil, fortunately for Minoret, believed
that the proposed marriage with Ursula was only a pretext on the part
of the colossus and Zelie for making up with him, now that he was
opposing them with Massin.
"It isn't he," thought Goupil, "who has invented this scheme; I know
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