The Project Gutenberg EBook of Droll Stories, Volume 3, by Honore de BalzacThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Droll Stories, Volume 3Author: Honore de BalzacRelease Date: August 23, 2004 [EBook #2551]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DROLL STORIES, VOLUME 3 ***Produced by John Bickers, Ian Hodgson, Dagny and Emma DuddingDROLL STORIESCOLLECTED FROM THE ABBEYS OF TOURAINEVOLUME III THE THIRD TEN TALESBYHONORE DE BALZACCONTENTSTHE THIRD TEN TALESPROLOGUE PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS AGLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY BERTHA THE PENITENT HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE IN WHICH IT ISDEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS ODD SAYINGS OFTHREE PILGRIMS INNOCENCE THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED EPILOGUETHIRD TEN TALESPROLOGUECertain persons have interrogated the author as to why there was such a demand for these tales that no year passeswithout his giving an instalment of them, and why he has lately taken to writing commas mixed up with bad syllables, atwhich the ladies publicly knit their brows, and have put to him other questions of a like character.The author declares ...
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