“ It is not enough to know that you are well and that everything prospers with you ”
Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides (1841). copy citation
Author | Honoré de Balzac |
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Source | Letters of Two Brides |
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Date | 1841 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by R. S. Scott |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1941/1941-h/1941-h.htm |
Context
“THE SAME TO THE SAME Paris, 1829.
A whole year passed, my dear, without a letter! What does this mean? I am a little hurt. Do you suppose that your Louis, who comes to see me almost every alternate day, makes up for you? It is not enough to know that you are well and that everything prospers with you; for I love you, Renee, and I want to know what you are feeling and thinking of, just as I say everything to you, at the risk of being scolded, or censured, or misunderstood. Your silence and seclusion in the country, at the time when you might be in Paris enjoying all the Parliamentary honors of the Comte de l'Estorade, cause me serious anxiety.”
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