In studying his premises it will, of course, be necessary for me to purchase a rifle or a revolver and a box of cartridges.

Next door to B., as you may remember, is the business of X., the perfumer.

Luckily for you, Monsieur, a bottle of perfume is not expensive.

But beyond that shop there is the one of Y., the furrier, and furs just now, as you doubtless know, are rather high.
Of course, proceeding in my investigation, I shall be obliged to buy a ring at the jeweller's, a _chapeau de forme_ at the hatter's, a pair of boots at the shoe-maker's, and a waistcoat at least at the tailor's.

In view of such a condition I protest that the price I name for writing the article is astonishingly reasonable." Needless to say, M.de Balzac did not write the paper desired.