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Show B A BALZAC STORY. B Bl A good story is told to show how Balzacs ex- B travagant habits kept him poor almost to his dying B day: B Ono evening he met a Russian Prince,whom B h0 jnvited to dine with him' on, the following day. B Remembering that ho had not a proper dinner Bj gerVico he went round to the nearest jeweler and Bj jjQught on for 160. On another occasion he Hi wanted to go to Vienna to meet Madame de Han- B: jja. and he did not like post-chaises. What did B he do? He bought a carriage for 600 a sum Bl which he did not possess. He went to Vienna, was IB admirably received in the most aristocratic sa- B jonS and made the acquaintance of Prince Met- B ternich. On hia return to Paris he found the B gendarmes waiting to take him to prison for dety. |
