Adieu (English "Farewell") is a short story by Honor? de Balzac. It was published in 1830 in La Mode. It is one of the ?tudes philosophiques of La Com?die humaine. In 1819, two men, Baron Philippe de Sucy and Marquis d'Albon get lost while out hunting near L'Isle-Adam. They come across an old manor house and stop to look at it. They see a young woman, who calls out "Adieu" to them and runs away. De Sucy faints, and d'Albon helps him to get away in...