I am a Frenchman, and a native of Honfleur, in

I am a Frenchman, and a native of Honfleur, in Normandy, I was born in 1812, and I have therefore reached my twenty-sixth year. I am the son of a master shoemaker, in easy circumstances, and I was brought up to my father's business. I have already published some poetry, and I have now put forth a volume of honourable and serious prose. I am a thorough Honfleurite, and I have something of the old salt of