*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1455 *** the hated son by honore de balzac translated by katharine prescott wormeley dedication to madame la baronne james rothschild. the hated son part i. how the mother lived chapter i. a bedroom of the sixteenth century on a winters night, about two in the morning, the comtesse jeanne dherouville felt such violent pains that in spite of her inexperience, she was conscious of an app...