[Maclightpoc-developers] the classical Parseval-Grandmaison

[O'Bryan <em...@de...>]

E arrangements were made for Eve and himself to meet in October at
Chalon-sur-Saone and to travel together to Italy. It was during this
second stay in Germany that the play of the _Saltimbanques_ they had
seen suggested to the novelist the amusing nicknames which he henceforth
adopted when writing to Madame Hanska's family. Anna was dubbed
_Zephirine_; her betrothed, _Gringalet_; Eve, _Atala_; and himself,
_Bilboquet_. Georges, the betrothed, who was a Pole bearing the title of
Count Mniszech, was a young man of scientific tastes and considerable
learning, for whom Balzac conceived a great liking, and whom he helped
in his entomological researches. The ramble southwards was probably the
most pleasurable experience in the novelist's life, being an anticipated
honeymoon. From Chalon they journeyed along the banks of the Rhone,
visiting no fewer than twenty-three towns on the way. At Naples they
part