l-l-liquidate

Updated: July 13, 2026

D-d-don't declare a f-f-failure; c-c-call a meeting; l-l-liquidate; and then Gr-Gr-Grandet will see what he c-c-can do. B-b-better liquidate than l-let the l-l-law st-st-stick its n-n-nose in. Hein? isn't it so?" "Exactly so," said the president. "B-because, don't you see, Monsieur de B-Bonfons, a man must l-l-look b-b-before he l-leaps. If you c-c-can't, you c-c-can't.

Honoré de Balzac - Eugenie Grandet

You say I ought to l-l-liquidate my b-b-brother's af-f-fairs, to p-p-prevent the f-f-failure. I c-c-can't be in two p-p-places at once, unless I were a little b-b-bird, and " "I understand," cried the notary. "Well, my old friend, you have friends, old friends, capable of devoting themselves to your interests." "All right!" thought Grandet, "make haste and come to the point!"

Honoré de Balzac - Eugenie Grandet