Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I A SMALL TOWN

       CHAPTER II A MAYOR

       CHAPTER III THE POOR FUND

       CHAPTER IV A FATHER AND A SON

       CHAPTER V A NEGOTIATION

       CHAPTER VI ENNUI

       CHAPTER VII THE ELECTIVE AFFINITIES

       CHAPTER VIII LITTLE EPISODES

       CHAPTER IX AN EVENING IN THE COUNTRY

       CHAPTER X A GREAT HEART AND A SMALL FORTUNE

       CHAPTER XI AN EVENING

       CHAPTER XII A JOURNEY

       CHAPTER XIII THE OPEN WORK STOCKINGS

       CHAPTER XIV THE ENGLISH SCISSORS

       CHAPTER XV THE COCK'S SONG

       CHAPTER XVI THE DAY AFTER

       CHAPTER XVII THE FIRST DEPUTY

       CHAPTER XVIII A KING AT VERRIRES

       CHAPTER XIX THINKING PRODUCES SUFFERING

       CHAPTER XX ANONYMOUS LETTERS

       CHAPTER XXI DIALOGUE WITH A MASTER

       CHAPTER XXII MANNERS OF PROCEDURE IN 1830

       CHAPTER XXIII SORROWS OF AN OFFICIAL

       CHAPTER XXIV A CAPITAL

       CHAPTER XXV THE SEMINARY

       CHAPTER XXVI THE WORLD, OR WHAT THE RICH LACK

       CHAPTER XXVII FIRST EXPERIENCE OF LIFE

       CHAPTER XXVIII A PROCESSION

       CHAPTER XXIX THE FIRST PROMOTION

       CHAPTER XXX AN AMBITIOUS MAN

       CHAPTER XXXI HE PLEASURES OF THE COUNTRY

       CHAPTER XXXII ENTRY INTO SOCIETY

       CHAPTER XXXIII THE FIRST STEPS

       CHAPTER XXXIV THE HOTEL DE LA MOLE

       CHAPTER XXXV SENSIBILITY AND A GREAT PIOUS LADY

       CHAPTER XXXVI PRONUNCIATION

       CHAPTER XXXVII AN ATTACK OF GOUT

       CHAPTER XXXVIII WHAT IS THE DECORATION WHICH CONFERS DISTINCTION?

       CHAPTER XXXIX THE BALL

       CHAPTER XL QUEEN MARGUERITE

       CHAPTER XLI A YOUNG GIRL'S DOMINION

       CHAPTER XLII IS HE A DANTON?

       CHAPTER XLIII A PLOT

       CHAPTER XLIV A YOUNG GIRL'S THOUGHTS

       CHAPTER XLV IS IT A PLOT?

       CHAPTER XLVI ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

       CHAPTER XLVII AN OLD SWORD

       CHAPTER XLVIII CRUEL MOMENTS

       CHAPTER XLIX THE OPERA BOUFFE

       CHAPTER L THE JAPANESE VASE

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