*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1482 *** modeste mignon by honore de balzac translated by katharine prescott wormeley dedication to a polish lady. daughter of an enslaved land, angel through love, witch through fancy, child by faith, aged by experience, man in brain, woman in heart, giant by hope, mother through sorrows, poet in thy dreams, --to _thee_ belongs this book, in which thy love, thy fancy, thy experien...