The Commission in Lunacy

Excerpt

In 1828, at about one o’clock one morning, two persons came out of a large house in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, near the Elysee-Bourbon.  One was the famous doctor, Horace Bianchon; the other was one of the most elegant men in Paris, the Baron de Rastignac; they were friends of long standing.  Each had sent away his carriage, and no cab was to be seen in the street; but the night was fine, and the pavement dry.