Unconscious Comedians

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Оноре де Бальзак

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Зарубежная классика

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2017

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“Maybe, but it is useless now, cousin,” said Gazonal, lifting a melancholy eye to his two friends. “I’ve become a republican.”

“What does that mean?” asked Leon.

“I haven’t anything left; not even enough to pay my lawyer,” replied Gazonal. “Madame Jenny Cadine has got notes of hand out of me to the amount of more money than all the property I own – ”

“The fact is Cadine is rather dear; but – ”

“Oh, but I didn’t get anything for my money,” said Gazonal. “What a woman! Well, I’ll own the provinces are not a match for Paris; I shall retire to La Trappe.”

“Good!” said Bixiou, “now you are reasonable. Come, recognize the majesty of the capital.”

“And of capital,” added Leon, holding out to Gazonal his notes of hand.

Gazonal gazed at the papers with a stupefied air.

“You can’t say now that we don’t understand the duties of hospitality; haven’t we educated you, saved you from poverty, feasted you, and amused you?” said Bixiou.

“And fooled you,” added Leon, making the gesture of gamins to express the action of picking pockets.

ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Brambourg, Comte de

A Bachelor’s Establishment

Cadine, Jenny

Cousin Betty

Beatrix

The Member for Arcis

Canalis, Constant-Cyr-Melchior, Baron de

Letters of Two Brides

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Modeste Mignon

The Magic Skin

Another Study of Woman

A Start in Life

Beatrix

The Member for Arcis

Collin, Jacqueline

Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Cousin Betty

Fontaine, Madame

Cousin Pons

Gaillard, Theodore

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Beatrix

Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Gaillard, Madame Theodore

Jealousies of a Country Town

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

A Bachelor’s Establishment

Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Beatrix

Giraud, Leon

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

A Bachelor’s Establishment

The Secrets of a Princess

Gobseck, Jean-Esther Van

Gobseck

Father Goriot

Cesar Birotteau