Eugénie Grandet/Dedication

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185318Eugénie Grandet — DedicationHonoré de Balzac

  To Maria.

  May your name, that of one whose portrait is the noblest ornament
  of this work, lie on its opening pages like a branch of sacred
  box, taken from an unknown tree, but sanctified by religion, and
  kept ever fresh and green by pious hands to bless the house.

          De Balzac.