Balzac kan kateb faransi 3azim. Bas kan fakir awi abl ma yeb2a mash-hoor. Kan 3ayesh fi ooda wasekha we ratba we kan dayman alaan 3ala el akl. Kol as7abo kano fo2ara awi we makanosh ye2daro ysa3dooh.
Fi leila kano el-gaw bard gedan. El-hawa kan byheb we kan beynazzel talg gamid. Balzac ra7 yenam badri bas makansh aader yenam. Makalsh ay 7aga abl ma yero7 yenam. Faker we faker, bas mala2ash ay fekra kwaysa. Fe nos el-leil shaf ragel beyetsal2 men el-shebbak el-maksoor. El-ragel bada yesra2 7agat men 3ala el-raf beta3 el-kotob. Balzac am bel-rayye2 we al "matday3sh wa2tak ya sa7bi! Ana madawarsh 3ala feloos fel-nahar. Hatel2a ezay feloos fel-dalma?"
El-gaw kan ezay fel-leila di? Kan   _
beymatar 8ayem meshmes talg