The Memoirs of Two Young Wives by Honore de Balzac

Author:Honore de Balzac [Balzac, Honore de]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781681371269
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

Humming an Andalusian seguidilla, I have climbed

the steep slope of a redoubt, iron raining down around me;

I have wagered my life at the gaming table of chance,

thinking no more of it than I would a mere quadruple.

I would gladly have pulled the cannonballs from the weapon’s mouth by hand;

but I believe I have grown more timorous than a startled hare,

than a child who sees a ghost in the folds of his curtains,

For, when you look at me with your gentle eye,

an icy sweat floods my brow, my knees buckle beneath me,

I tremble, I retreat, all my courage is gone.

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