Download or read book Fame and Sorrow Colonel Chabert the Atheist s Mass written by Honoré de Balzac and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... the countess, feigning surprise. "Ah!" said the old man, in a tone of irony, " do you want proofs? Well, did I not take you from the pavements of the Palais-Royal?" The countess turned pale. Seeing her color fade beneath her rouge, the old soldier, sorry for the suffering he was inflicting on a woman he had once loved ardently, stopped short; but she gave him such a venomous look that he suddenly added, " You were with--" "For heaven's sake, monsieur," said the countess, appealing to the lawyer, " allow me to leave this place. I did not come here to listen to such insults." She left the room. Derville sprang into the office after her; but she seemed to have taken wings and was already gone. When he returned to his own room he found the colonel walking up and down in a paroxysm of rage. "In those days men took their wives where they liked," he said. "But I chose ill; I ought never to have trusted her; she has no heart!" "Colonel, you will admit I was right in begging you not to come here! I am now certain of your identity. When you came in the countess made a little movement the meaning of which was not to be doubted. But you have lost your cause. Your wife now knows that you are unrecognizable." "I will kill her." "Nonsense! then you would be arrested and guillotined as a criminal. Besides, you might miss your stroke; it is unpardonable not to kill a wife when you attempt it. Leave me to undo your folly, you big child! Go away; but take care of yourself, for she is capable of laying some trap and getting you locked up at Charenton. I will see about serving the notices of the suit on her at once; that will be some protection to you." The...

Download or read book Postal Services Bill written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bill provides for the Post Office to be converted from a statutory corporation to a public limited company, with ownership remaining with the Crown. It introduces a new system of licensing and regulation for postal services operators and providers, and gives the independent regulator, the new Postal Services Commission, new powers and duties to protect and promote the interests of users. The Post Office Users' National Council is replaced by the Consumer Council for Postal Services, to bring postal services into line with consumer representation in the other utilities.