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Updated: May 15, 2025

"Yes, sir." "Are you villing to take me for ein poarder? Oh! I shall pay ver' vell; I haf nine hundert vrancs of inkomm, und I haf not ver' long ter lif.... I shall gif no drouble vatefer.... I can eat onydings I only vant to shmoke mein bipe. Und you are der only von dat haf shed a tear for Bons, mit me; und so, I lof you."

Honoré de Balzac - Cousin Pons

I shall pay ver' vell; I haf nine hundert vrancs of inkomm, und I haf not ver' long ter lif. . . . I shall gif no drouble vatefer. . . . I can eat onydings I only vant to shmoke mein bipe. Und you are der only von dat haf shed a tear for Bons, mit me; und so, I lof you." "I should be very glad, sir; but, to begin with, M. Gaudissart has given me a proper wigging " "Vigging?"

Honoré de Balzac - Poor Relations