Scenes From a Courtesan's Life
Scenes From a Courtesan's Life
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--When Jacques Collin saw me turning over the lettersseized in Lucien de Rubempre's lodgings, the villain glanced at themwith the evident intention of seeing whether some particular packetwere among them, and he allowed himself to give a visible expressionof satisfaction. This look, as of a thief valuing his booty, thismovement, as of a man in danger saying to himself, 'My weapons aresafe, ' betrayed a world of things.
"Only you women, besides us and our examinees, can in a single flashepitomiz...e a whole scene, revealing trickery as complicated assafety-locks. Volumes of suspicion may thus be communicated in asecond. It is terrifying--life or death lies in a wink.
"Said I to myself, 'The rascal has more letters in his hands thanthese!'--Then the other details of the case filled my mind; Ioverlooked the incident, for I thought I should have my men face toface, and clear up this point afterwards. But it may be considered asquite certain that Jacques Collin, after the fashion of such wretches, has hidden in some safe place the most compromising of the youngfellow's letters, adored as he was by----" "And yet you are afraid, Camusot?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
--When Jacques Collin saw me turning over the lettersseized in Lucien de Rubempre's lodgings, the villain glanced at themwith the evident intention of seeing whether some particular packetwere among them, and he allowed himself to give a visible expressionof satisfaction. This look, as of a thief valuing his booty, thismovement, as of a man in danger saying to himself, 'My weapons aresafe, ' betrayed a world of things.
"Only you women, besides us and our examinees, can in a single flashepitomiz...e a whole scene, revealing trickery as complicated assafety-locks. Volumes of suspicion may thus be communicated in asecond. It is terrifying--life or death lies in a wink.
"Said I to myself, 'The rascal has more letters in his hands thanthese!'--Then the other details of the case filled my mind; Ioverlooked the incident, for I thought I should have my men face toface, and clear up this point afterwards. But it may be considered asquite certain that Jacques Collin, after the fashion of such wretches, has hidden in some safe place the most compromising of the youngfellow's letters, adored as he was by----" "And yet you are afraid, Camusot?
What to read after Scenes From a Courtesan's Life?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Balzac, Honoré De, 1799-1850 to read onlineMoreLess
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