What's that noise? and what does this scoundrel want?, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

As soon as I set foot on the island..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

Here, the civet offers a hit of snuff to an old beaver, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

He tells us: don't cry, Act!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

She responded to my protests and oaths with a tone of mockery so cold that I swore to die, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

More than once, while leaving the masked ball Mr. de *** was arrested by the patrol officers, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Louis-Henri Brevière, Honoré de Balzac

The author of this attack is a delicate little wolf, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

I urged them to eat some boiled eggs, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

The Duchess is singing a nocturne with the Duke..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Louis-Henri Brevière, Honoré de Balzac

The further we go, the less we penetrate the horrible mystery of which the unfortunate toad was a victim, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

When we do not want to see the dawn rise, we do not care about a neighbor like that!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Louis-Henri Brevière, Honoré de Balzac

And a very obstinate vole..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Louis-Henri Brevière, Honoré de Balzac

The Sloth yawned: 'I had...waited', from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac