You can then count on my heart not being able to dispose of my person being married to a man of light character who squandered my wax cabinet wherein were all figures of celebrities, kings, emperors, ancient and modern and celebrated crimes, which if I had had your permission about it you would have been placed in the number I had then a place in the railroad substation to have charge of the cabinets which the jealousy of my rival made me lose, it is in these sentiments that I write you if you deign to write the history of my unhappy life you alone would be worthy of it and would see in it things of which you would be worthy of appreciating I shall present myself at your house in Rouen whose address I had from M. Bouilhet who knows me well having come to see me in his youth he will tell you that I have the phthisic still agreeably and always faithful to all who knew me whether in the civil or in the military and in these sentiments for life your affectionate Victoire Potelet called Marengo Lirondelle widow Dodin Rue Lanion, 47, Belleville.
"The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters"
George Sand, Gustave Flaubert Translated by A.L. McKensie
They'll be doing fine if they make it to the substation in another two weeks.
"Legacy"
James H Schmitz
Now the Aurora-if they started for Luscious right after Lyad called them last night, at best they can't get there any sooner than we can get to the substation.
"Legacy"
James H Schmitz