An Episode under the Terror

by Honoré de Balzac

AN EPISODE UNDER THE TERROR

By Honore De Balzac

Translated by Clara Bell and Others

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DEDICATION
To Monsieur Guyonnet-Merville.
Is it not a necessity to explain to a public curious to know
everything, how I came to be sufficiently learned in the law to
carry on the business of my little world? And in so doing, am I
not bound to put on record the memory of the amiable and
intelligent man who, meeting the Scribe (another clerk-amateur) at
a ball, said, "Just give the office a turn; there is work for you
there, I assure you." But do you need this public testimony to
feel assured of the affection of the writer?
DE BALZAC.

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