*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1345 *** the vicar of tours by honore de balzac translated by katharine prescott wormeley dedication to david, sculptor: the permanence of the work on which i inscribe your name --twice made illustrious in this century--is very problematical; whereas you have graven mine in bronze which survives nations --if only in their coins. the day may come when numismatists, discov...