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353
CESAR
BIROTTEAU
AND
THE
SECRETS
OF
A
PRINCESS
vulgar
curtain-lecture,
it
soon
goes
off
into
one
of
those
endless
retrospective
so
charm
the
professional
mind
of
Laure
Balzac's
learned
friend,
and
Cix).
the
driest
details,
even
in
the
credulity
of
the
reader
to
represent
a
plodding
tradesman
like
Birotteau,
who,
as
the
book
to
Comedie
(1844).
G. S,
of
silence
during
a
winter
night
in
her
throat
were
glued
together,
her
voice
failed
her;
she
sat
up
(1)

about
hell.
How
should
he
have
a
cotton.
flannel
petti-
coat.
Here,
of
it,
darling.
satisfac-
and
into
the
hundred
thousand
francs
good
money
invested
out-
side
the
business,
the
stock,
and
the
factory,
have
we?
If
dog
in
Birotteau.
clients,
and
Ragon,
and
your
uncle
Pillerault,
are
going
into
it.
We
are
to
buy
some
building
land
near
the
Madeleine.
Roguin.
thinks
security.
Pillerault,
old
Ragon,
and
our
three
hundred
thousand
and
yet
you
are
making
up
rigmaroles
of
prospectuses
and
placards,
and
Cesar
Birotteau's
name
will
be
posted
up
at
every
street-
corner,
and
all
over
the
hoardings,
wherever
there
is
build-
ing
going
on.
Oh,
no
such
thing
I
shall
open
a
branch
business
no
nothing
in
speculate,
dear,
when
said,
'Stay,
Cesar,
stop
six thousand
send
that
my
dream
was
not
prophetic
course
to
a
simple
stratagem,
which
he
found
useful
on
such
occasions.
Listen,
Constance;
I
extinct.
him
makes
my
flesh
creep.
explain.
storm
a
battery,
and
Captain
Jean
Birotteau
charged
with
his
company
and
fell.
thought
of
Touraine,
where
the
peasant
works
leisurely,
and
the
mason
takes
his
time
about
laying
a
stone,
and
toil
is
judiciously
tempered
by
acres,
allowed
himself
to
be
drawn
into
a
on Birot-
sympathy.
By
the
time
the Ex-
system
of
government
which
poured
forth
innocent
blood
that
cost
nothing
to
shed.
Commercial
Bau-
and cul-
cross
the
Pont
Marie
to
the
He
Saint-Louis,
counter
was
as
cele-
was
displayed
up
his
post
before
the
Little
Sailor,
hanging
about
mademoiselle,
he
positively
handsome
young
fellow,
but
of
a
brill-
about
to
complete
the
purchase
him
a
Captain
of
the
Xational
Guard,
household,
so
happy
in
itself,
and
disturbed
by
none
but
business
cares.
to
find
some
sjjeedier
road
to
fortune,
and,
by
way
of
a
beginning,
to
be
a
manufacturer
as
on some
pages
over
till
he
reached
a
footnote,
wherein
turn
for
the
part
any
mark
are
not
talked
of
the
drugs
hitherto
with
a
cases,
and
represses
the
per-
spiration
of
suffer
no
less
than
men.
The
'Carminative
Toilet
Lotion'
removes
the
si
iglit
pimples
which
sometimes
appear
inopportunely
of
the
At
her
shop,
and
they
removed
from
the
mezzanine
fLo/or
the
costly
honor.
4
parent
the
hour-
marriage,
led
a
life
of
band.
This
attitude
tain the
looking
back
upon
their
past,
found
no
painful
memories,
assumed,
on
Mme.
Cesar,
tried
to
seduce
her,
and
gauging
his
employer
with
money
bore
study
baniving.
At
the
same
time,
he
spoke
of
Mme.
Cesar
in
a
way
that
gave
the
impression
that
motives
of
jealousy
had
procured
his
dismissal.
the
vast
capital
which
the work
visible
expression
of
inward
content,
and
reflected
the
serenity
of
a
kindly
soul.
came
away
from
the
Excliange
or
paid
him
to
resign
the
white
ruts
BIROTTKAU
of
the
?
grew
light,
he
rose
noiselessly,
leaving
his
wife
asleep,
dressed
quickly,
and
went
down
into
the
shop
just
as
the
boy
was
taking
down
the
numbered
shutters.
Birotteau,
finding
himself
in
solitary
possession,
stood
waiting
in
the
doorway
for
the
assistants,
watching
critically
meanwhile
5
a
lamb,
but
hard-working,
faithful,
and
sent
Customers
are
always
coming
to
me
through
them.
There
is
M.
de
Vandenesse,
for
example,
who
spends
twelve
hundred
apt
to
be
the
case
with
those
in
whom
humors
taking
this
channel
notary.
his
infatuation
accomplice.
Brought
in
Ger-
very
outset
risk
by
ensnaring
them
to
help
Tillet,
swelled
by
a
gratitude
that
did
not
look
to
the
future,
and
stimulated
by
the
cravings
with sr
represented
the
Du Tillet meant to
it affords
you
?'*
Popinot. Everything
fought
out
abroad,
and
all
over
the
country;
and
Macassar
blinking
the
presenting
arms
education,
and
yet
kept
his
countenance.
the
great
I
can
scarcely
be-
party
wall ?'
and sixteen bills.
art;
in
one
end
to
the
arrangement,
and
decoration,
francs
a
harmonious
unity.
and
window
embrasures,
and
the
the
liberation
not
see
him,
and
put
his
finger
on
his
lips
as
a
delay,
you
may
incur
the
expense
without
obtaining
the
result.
There
is
expense
and
expense,
said
the
fair
mistress
of
the
Queen
of
Roses.
Well,
well,
sir,
said
Constance,
going
back
to
her
room.
Once
there
she
matters
of
the
toilette.
had
taught
her
going
on.
lifer,
to
judge
to
find
other
ways
of
satisfying
it.
H-e
had
made
securely
to
the
deputies
of
the
Left.
He
read
the
Cure
Meslier's
Bon
Sens,
yet
went
to
mass,
halting
the
angles
of
the
building.
Con-
exquisite
lengths
not condescend
to such
of
fact,
too,
the
rent
is
a
great
deal
lower
than
it
let
for
over
in
your
quarter
concerned;
you
shall
pay
hundred
and
fifty
rates.
If
once
we
clearly
understand
each
other,
sir.
there
nuts
for
confectionery,
and
success.
Mme.
Angelique
Madou
dispensed
with
counting-house.
ignation.
the
the
hollow
ones.
They
Comagen
Essence
(for
it
career
lips.
The
brightness
pickaxes
and
spades
had
been
smell
out
a
rogue.
He
preferred
sure
gains,
that
involves
continual
drudg-
ery.
Hardware
is
ponderous,
few
retired
trades-
was a
to
convention
on
the
part
of
the
retired
ironmonger,
who
rarely
received
visitors.
time
to
cry
off.^'
realize,
like
everything
though
you
were
risking
a
good
years,
there
money,
said
Pille-
rault,
laughing;
and
why?
8
bills,
sir?
asked
Celestin,
holding
out
the
umbrella-dealer's
collection
of
bills.
magnificent
attire,
and
so
unusual
a
portent
as
a
cab,
igno-
about
to
enter
am
Slb
ignorant
as
a
perfumer,
Cesar,
looking
at
Popinot.
But
if
hair
is
dead,
to
begin
with,
sir,
you
can't
possibly
restore
it.
?
by
pressure
between
two
hot
save for the
you
in
good
time.
Very
well,
yes,
said
Vauquelin.
My
heart
is
swelling
with
pleasure,
cried
the
perfumer
when
they
were
in
the
street.
He
will
come
to
my
house
I
am
afraid
that
I
have
forgotten
what
he
said
about
hair;
do
you
remember
it,
Popinot? '
a
good
day,
and
to-day
the
takings
had
the
mezza-
worth
nothing.
Some
day,
Cesar.
revolution
in
animal
instincts.
Love
is
essentially
an
may
be.
said,
Cesarine
is
going
to
be
married
to
M.
Roguin's
head
clerk,
Anselme,
why
the
furniture
is
being
moved,
sir,
said
Celestin,
spokesman
for
the
two
assistants
and
Raguet,
who
excitement,
the
three,
with
Virginie
and
Raguet,
performed
acrobatic
feats.
They
came
and
went
up
and
down
the
restless
ambition
into
a
furnace.
'What
I
am
setting
up
for
myself,
my
dear
fellow,
place.
Gaudissart's
leave-taking
of
his
beloved
city
had
taken
the
a
walking-stick,
trailed
with
expression
upon
the
pavement.
have
it
a
very
clever
fellow;
he
has
the
cleverness
of
all
the
for
not
liking
cleverness;
he
understands
prospectuses;
he
be
rivers
of
oil.
He
scarcely
'

if
you
like.
The
Cffisars
conquered
the
world;
they
must
have
had
famous
heads
of
hair.
a
year,
for
we
will
set
diluting
auditors;
neither
he,
nor
I,
nor
his
friends,
nor
his
enemies
will
forget
that.
I shall
Well,
well;
I
will
set
Tribunal,
has
doubly
deserved
this
distinction.
at the
smile
with
which
he
had
greeted
the
we
cannot
come
sauntering
about,
didn't
they,
dear?
prepared
to
play
any
and
every
part,
to
whose
worn,
shrunken
cheeks
and
hard to
move, per-
Eagon,
Cesar,
Eoguin,
and
Claparon,
you
in
the
presence
of
a
notary,
said
Claparon,
depart-
10
and
working
out
calculations.
But
to
return
to
the
Ministers,
said
Pillerault,
hoping
for
revelations.
his admiration.
Lorn-
and
most
un-
savory
recesses.
His
predecessor,
a
dealer
in
treacle
and
raw
sugars,
had
loft
in
by
the
high
walls
that
had
varnished
it
for
them.
The
sous
with
a
gesture
worthy
of
his
idol,
Xapoleon.
rounded
features.
The
habitual
dejection
of
doing
ill-paid
work
himself,
he
would
turn
his
business
capacities
to
account.
He
was
just
at
the
turning-point;
he
had
exhausted
the
expedients
of
humility;
friend,
said
Quinquennial
Exhibition.
a
magisterial
air,
to
pro-
heard it.
literature
of
periwigs.
The
judge
looked
at
Finot.
This
gentleman
is
M.
Andoche
Finot,
Gaudissart
said,
be
very
damp,
Anselme;
bring
up
trusses
of
straw,
and
put
them
pomegranate
bring
her.^'
Xandrot,
said
Roguin,
on
the
doorstep,
give
up
all
plate
to
come
from?

11
And
next,
forget
Lebas'
sister-in-law,
Mme,
Au-
fitted
bookcases
in
her
father's
room,
which
was
to
be
a
study;
this
was
the
architect's
surprise;
and
Cesarine
spent
all
her
them
responsible
for
their
sayings
and
doings.
Chevet
was
to
take
up
his
quarters
in
the
kitchen
blaze
written
forty
in
the
vestibule,
opposite
the
door,
in
the
plinth
which
had
the
glories
of
the
crimson
silk
curtains;
the
parquet
floor
tempted
Cesarine
to
dance.
Through
a
green-and-white
boudoir
they
reached
Cesar's
study.
I
have
put
a
bed
here,
said
Grindot,
throwing
open
the
doors
of
an
alcove,
cleverly
concealed
between
the
two
book-
XTV.
and
very
happy.
If
it
will
only
last,
you
mean,
do
you
not?
Cesar
asked,
smiling.
occasion so much
somewhat
disquieted
as
he
surveyed
all
fore the
mirror of
husband,
as
she
went
through
the
rooms.
despairingly
to
the
staircase.
He
had
better
fortune
with
the
elder
Popinot
and
M.
de
la
Billardiere,
who
remained.
With
the
exception
of
three
women.
Mile.
Fontaine,
Mme.
Jules,
and
]\rme.
Pabourdin,
who
severally
represented
aris-
tocracy,
finance,
and
oilicial
dignities,
and
by
their
brilliant
beauty,
dress,
and
manner
presented
a
striking
contrast
to
the
was ob-
to
their
ball
dresses
before
the
mirror;
there
was
no
excitement
which does
you
honor,
Camu-
sot
said.
12
world;
of
young
Billardiere,
an
of
Molineux's
claws.
The
pale,
meagre
face
and
cruel
eyes
^ruck
du
Tillet,
acquaintance.
morninfi;
tlie
great
poem;
it
is
the
culminating
point
of
the
finale
Collinet,
who
had
composed
upon
his
flute
the
finale
of
their
commer-
cial
symphony.
fool.
bills
(and
treated
Popinot
(171)
property,
because
Master
Cayron
had
disap-
peared
from
the
scene.
it,
Cesar?
asked
Pillerault,
noticing
his
do,
with
a
green
cap
on
his
head.
His
own
in
his
nephew's
eai.
small
trifles
do
more
harm
than
a
heavy
loss;
they
set
rumors
Id
a
smile,
do
you
pickaxe
with another.
Eoguin's
for
my
practice;
in
flames.
He
looked
so
there
are,
you
life
and
death
for
me
and
for
my
wife.
And
let
no
one
prattle
about
Koguin's
disappearance
on
hus-
band
had
had
he
did
feet
again.
Constance,
worn
out,
took
her
husband's
place.
to
speak
to
you.
up?
We
shall
soon
hear
the
why
made
an
inflexible
rule
endorsed
them,
and
you
came
to
grief.
perfectly
fair,
said
Lebas.
In
carried
up,
and
traced
out
a
plan
of
action,
as
it
were,
for
him.
Gradually
his
expression
grew
de-
Perhaps
the
half
of
courage
is
really
hope,
and
the
Catholic
religion
reckons
hope
among
the
virtues.
Has
not
on
the
spot.
Mo.
one,
it
is
true;
w'ere
all
imperiled.
cried
the
perfumer,
out
in
the
street,
talking
unpaid, passed
of
things
from
to
confide
to
the
pillow
of
of
14
in
those
days.
Popinot
had
the
last
columns
in
the
papers,
and
left
the
money
to
newspaper,
therefore,
was
with-
a
deputy-mayor
and
a
should
the
species.
secret
care,
sighing
restlessly
in
the
gilded
chair
by
the
own
aifairs?
thought
Cesar,
overwhelmed.
night.
Birotteau
amid the
which
certain
can
touch
the
profits
which
must
shortly
accrue
from
a
venture
in
my
own
way
of
the
question
is
one
of
upsetting
a
put
the
whole
thing
in
their
own
hands,
and
involved
the
hapless
active
partner
in
their
toils.
The
two
brothers
adopted
separate
roles.
On
high
stood
a
genu-
ine
ring.
It is a
Popi-
not
by
way
affairs,
until
Adolphe
an
imbecile
gener-
who
lield
opinions
diametrioally
opposed
to
his
own,
ho,
Adolpho.
Birottcau,
exas-
perated
at
this,
tried
to
say
something
a handsome
And
they
have
asked
you
for
secur-
15
himself.
Then
they
entered
a
bedroom,
which
as
much
surpassed
his
man who
grasp
a
whole
meet
his
engagements
I
who
have
re-established
Bank
of
France
for
me
until
the
Cephalic
Oil
has
made
its
way.
a
sign
which
they
all
understood,
up
at
present,
or
I
would
not
send
you
to
the
prince
of
bankers.
his
place
beside
her.
brought
—
upon
the
sofa
Cinq-Diamants
had
under-
stroked
his
chin,
raised
himself
on
tiptoe
Have
any
profits
been
made ?
in
the
kindness
of
his
to
her
master
and
mis-
tress.
In
spite
of
her
sixty
years,
Jeannette,
on
Sundays
heir-pre.?umptive
to
a
throne,
had
helped
the
dim
tracery
of
the
veins
which
case
will
come,
I
shall
re-
on his
which
had
drawn
a
smile
from
Pillerault
and
the
judge,
so
plainly
did
they
ex-
him
that
Anselme
was
her
betrothed.
16
friends at
Second
. .
.

Then
are
you
about
to
perfume
your
affairs
with
some
efficacious
oil,
to
make
them
run
smoothly?
day
slipping
ten
francs
into
the
porter's
?
bankers
had
already
re-
de
Provence
cardboard
cases,
papers,
aod
fact,
for
a
private
office.
Frangois
Keller's
elegantly
furnished
you long.
sir,
if
we
were
not
busy
in
the
Champs-filysees,
near
the
new
Ex-
change
which
has
just
been
finished,
in
the
Quartier
Saint-
brought
round
the
for
a
hundred
thousand
francs.
your
bare
name
gives
himself,
because
he
has
the
good
graces
pillow.
I
sa}^
though,
old
man,
you
are
a
funny
one
to
give
us
a
ball,
and
like
an
old
spider
me,
said
Claparon
at
this.
17
teau.
the
nephew;
the
perfumer's
manner
was
constrained,
he
was
pre-
occupied
and
thoughtful.
Little
Popinot,
busy
as
usual
with
that
predicament
will
do
anything.
money
save
you
once
and
for
all?
Or
will
it
merely
put
off
some
catastrophe?
in
which
case,
what
is
the
use
of
carrying
me
with
you?
You
want
bills
at
ninety
one of the
importunate
when
rendered
by
articulate
speech.
to work
the
drawing-room
door
opened,
and
Popi-
not
appeared.
a cou-
days
without
food,
as
if
you
had
the
indigestion,
and
the
fourth
brings
in
Popinot's
business
saves
your
honor.
:
giving
a
with
Cesar,
appalled
at
this;
I
have
often
thought
that
very
thing
of
poor
folk
who,
no
doubt,
were
just
in
my
position.
Mother
and
daughter
were
both
too
anxious
forty
thousand
francs,
payable
to
Claparon's
order;
a
of
the
lever
bell-pull
that
hung
by
Gigonnet's
neat
gray-painted
door.
18
off,
said
Pillerault.
Popinot's
Ce-
sar's
throat
and
to
step
into
his
shoes.
signature.
The
assistants
he
asked
her.
'TTes,
she
said.
sometliino;
else.
most
eager
to
spoil
the
Madeleine
speculation,
of the
exciting
ofTect.
Gigonnet,
from
GigoUer.
to
kick
the
leg's
about
nothing
left
but
myself;
and
if
you
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