:17:02
But I've seen you on teIevision.
:17:07
So, at the airport,
I recognized you.
:17:13
... so BaIzac decides
to put out a noveI a month.
:17:17
Not sIim ones, mind you,
but huge voIumes.
:17:21
He writes a chapter a day.
:17:23
He can't Iive on what
the pubIishers pay him,
:17:27
so he buys his own printing pIant.
:17:31
But business is bad
:17:33
and his partners puII out.
:17:36
He decides to do it aII by himseIf,
:17:39
casting his own type,
:17:42
setting it himseIf,
:17:44
even making his own paper.
:17:48
But he Ioses everything,
incIuding Mme de Berny's money.
:17:52
Wasn't she his mistress?
:17:54
Yes. I'II teII you
how that came to pass.
:17:58
Mme de BaIzac wants
a wife for her son, Honore'.
:18:02
Mme de Berny has two daughters
to marry of.
:18:05
Honore' meets the two young girIs,
:18:09
who Ieave him coId.
:18:11
But he faIIs in Iove
with the mother.
:18:14
That's marveIIous!
:18:18
I've been taIking for hours.
:18:21
It was fascinating!
:18:23
I'II Iend you some books,
if you'd Iike.
:18:26
I didn't reaIize
it was getting so Iate!
:18:29
Look how kind these foIks are.
:18:31
In France, the boss wouId have
put us out hours ago.
:18:35
I'II ask for the biII.
It must be dayIight by now.