[被抛弃的女人].The.Deserted.Woman.

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1、THEDESERTEDWOMANTHEDESERTEDWOMANbyHONOREDEBALZACTranslatedByEllenMarriage1THEDESERTEDWOMANDEDICATIONToHerGracetheDuchessed'Abrantes,fromherdevotedservant,HonoredeBalzac.PARIS,August1835.Intheearlyspringof1822,theParisdoctorssenttoLowerNormandyayoungmanjustrecoveringfromaninflammatorycomplaint

2、,broughtonbyoverstudy,orperhapsbyexcessofsomeotherkind.Hisconvalescencedemandedcompleterest,alightdiet,bracingair,andfreedomfromexcitementofeverykind,andthefatlandsofBessinseemedtoofferalltheseconditionsofrecovery.ToBayeux,apicturesqueplaceaboutsixmilesfromthesea,thepatientthereforebetookhims

3、elf,andwasreceivedwiththecordialitycharacteristicofrelativeswholeadveryretiredlives,andregardanewarrivalasagodsend.Alllittletownsarealike,saveforafewlocalcustoms.WhenM.leBaronGastondeNueil,theyoungParisianinquestion,hadspenttwoorthreeeveningsinhiscousin'shouse,orwiththefriendswhomadeupMme.deS

4、ainte-Severe'scircle,heverysoonhadmadetheacquaintanceofthepersonswhomthisexclusivesocietyconsideredtobe"thewholetown."GastondeNueilrecognizedinthemtheinvariablestockcharacterswhicheveryobserverfindsineveryoneofthemanycapitalsofthelittleStateswhichmadeuptheFranceofanolderday.Firstofallcomesthe

5、familywhoseclaimstonobilityareregardedasincontestable,andofthehighestantiquityinthedepartment,thoughnoonehassomuchasheardofthemabarefiftyleaguesaway.Thisspeciesofroyalfamilyonasmallscaleisdistantly,butunmistakably,connectedwiththeNavarreinsandtheGrandlieufamily,andrelatedtotheCadignans,andthe

6、Blamont-Chauvrys.Theheadoftheillustrioushouseisinvariablyadeterminedsportsman.Hehasnomanners,crusheseverybodyelsewithhisnominalsuperiority,toleratesthesub-prefectmuchashesubmitstothetaxes,anddeclinestoacknowledgeanyofthenovelpowerscreatedbythenineteenthcentury,pointingouttoyouasapoliticalmons

7、trositythefact2THEDESERTEDWOMANthattheprimeministerisamanofnobirth.Hiswifetakesadecidedtone,andtalksinaloudvoice.Shehashadadorersinhertime,buttakesthesacramentregularlyatEaster.Shebringsupherdaughtersbadly,andisoftheopinionthattheywillalwaysb