turous existence, told her
that she had staked her happiness on this issue. Her eyes, gazing
into space, took in the whole of d'Arthez's person; their light poured
through his flesh, she read his soul; suspicion had not so much as
touched him with its bat's-wing. The terrible emotion of that fear then
came to its reaction; joy almost stifled her; for there is no human
being who is not more able to endure grief than to bear extreme
felicity.

"Daniel, they have calumniated me, and you have avenged me!" she cried,
rising, and opening her arms to him.

In the profound amazement caused by these words, the roots of which were
utterly unknown to him, Daniel allowed his hand to be taken between her
beautiful hands, as the princess kissed him sacredly on the forehead.

"But," he said, "how could you know--"

"Oh! illustrious ninny! do you not see that I love you fondly?"

Since that day nothing has been said of the Princess de Cadignan, nor
of d'Arthez. The princess has inherited some fortune from her mother and
she spends all her summers in a villa on the lake of Geneva, where the
great writer joins her. She returns to Paris for a few months in winter.
D'Arthez is never seen except in the Chamber. His writings are becoming
exceedingly rare. Is this a conclusion? Yes, for people of sense; no,
for persons who want to know everything.

ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Ajuda-Pinto, Marquis Miguel d'
Father Goriot
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Beatrix

Arthez, Daniel d'
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Letters of Two Brides
The Member for Arcis

Bianchon, Horace
Father Goriot
The Atheist's Mass
Cesar Birotteau
The Commission in Lunacy
Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Bachelor's Establishment
The Government Clerks
Pierrette
A Study of Woman
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Honorine
The Seamy Side of History
The Magic Skin
A Second Home
A Prince of Bohemia
Letters of Two Brides
The Muse of the Department
The Imaginary Mistress
The Middle Classes
Cousin Betty
The Country Parson
In addition, M. Bianchon narrated the following:
Another Study of Woman
La Grande Breteche

Blondet, Emile
Jealous