[Ursula by Honore de Balzac]@TWC D-Link bookUrsula CHAPTER XXI 2/17
Here are three numbers written between a first number preceded by the letter M and a last number preceded by a U." "What are you talking of ?" said Bongrand.
"Let me see that.
Good God!" he cried, after a moment's examination; "it would open the eyes of an atheist as an actual demonstration of Providence! Human justice is, I believe, the development of the divine thought which hovers over the worlds." He seized Ursula and kissed her forehead.
"Oh! my child, you will be rich and happy, and all through me!" "What is it ?" exclaimed the abbe. "Oh, monsieur," cried La Bougival, catching Bongrand's blue overcoat, "let me kiss you for what you've just said." "Explain, explain! don't give us false hopes," said the abbe. "If I bring trouble on others by becoming rich," said Ursula, forseeing a criminal trial, "I--" "Remember," said the justice, interrupting her, "the happiness you will give to Savinien." "Are you mad ?" said the abbe. "No, my dear friend," said Bongrand.
"Listen; the certificates in the Funds are issued in series,--as many series as there are letters in the alphabet; and each number bears the letter of its series.
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