daffinger

Updated: May 19, 2025

When her miniature by Daffinger was sent him, he was stupefied all day with joy; and he always carried it about with him, considering it an amulet which brought him good fortune. He believed in talismans, and had pretty fanciful ideas about being present to his friends in the sudden flicker of the fire, or the brightening of a candle-flame.

Mary F. (Mary Frances) Sandars - Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings