Chapter

 1 I  |       months of flatteries. Andoche Finot, the self-made man~in question,
 2 I  |      Blondet, apparently addressing~Finot.~ ~"Point-blank."~ ~"But
 3 I  |           began to laugh," returned Finot.~ ~"Rastignac is the late
 4 I  |         thousand livres," continued Finot; "his~sisters had a handsome
 5 I  |           Bixiou.~ ~"Well," resumed Finot, "yet to-day, as we see,
 6 I  |      Somebody left it to him," said Finot.~ ~"Who?" asked Blondet.~ ~"
 7 II |          friend is not a 'chap,' as Finot~describes him, but a gentleman
 8 II |           get to his fortune," said Finot.~ ~"Bixiou will lash that
 9 II |               Money apart," Andoche Finot put in sourly.~ ~"Oh, come,
10 II |                There he goes!" said Finot, turning to Blondet.~ ~"
11 II |             Then it is noble?" said Finot.~ ~"As a proprietor of newspapers
12 II |           cried Blondet. "What does Finot~say to it?"~ ~"Anywhere
13 II |                Anywhere else," said Finot, drawing himself up in his
14 II |           are laughing at us," said Finot.~ ~"Not the least in the
15 II | shareholders in the tale?" inquired Finot.~ ~"Yes; rich as rich can
16 II |         yours."~ ~"It seems to me," Finot began stiffly, "that some
17 II |             hundred francs to repay Finot, so that I can tear up my~
18 II |           on with your story," said Finot, making believe to laugh.~ ~"
19 II |         consciences. There, my good Finot," he added soothingly, "
20 II |            just such another," said Finot. "And, mind~you, that of
21 II |             more is the pity!" said~Finot.~ ~"You regret the times
22 II |           you no more know him~than Finot just now knew the origin
23 II | illustration, and not to~tease you, Finot. Well, it is a fact, he
24 II |    Godefroid de Beaudenord; neither~Finot, nor Blondet, nor Couture,
25 II |          his cravat correctly (like Finot). He had~neither father
26 II |                 And a moral," added Finot.~ ~"Double distilled," said
27 II |           nothing 'improper' there. Finot, you have yet to learn the
28 II |             Blondet.~ ~"In England, Finot, you grow extremely intimate
29 II |            asked Bixiou,~addressing Finot.~ ~"Well?"~ ~"Go to the
30 III|              Waistcoats?" suggested Finot.~ ~"Come, now, just like
31 III|      compose any ballets?" inquired Finot.~ ~"Yes, something in the
32 III|          dressed the dancers!" said~Finot.~ ~"Improper!" said Bixiou. "
33 IV |           was posing as a waiter.) "Finot,~attention, one has to pull
34 IV |             goodness in him," cried Finot; "he is devoted to his~friends.
35 IV |             Nucingen himself," said~Finot.~ ~" 'A charming girl,'
36 IV |         cried Bixiou.~ ~"And why is Finot so rich?" returned Blondet. "
37 IV |          each other. Come, there is Finot~filling up my glass as if
38 V  |               Come, get on," put in Finot.~ ~"It was my intention
39 V  |           Ferdinand's motive," said Finot.~ ~"Motive?" repeated Bixiou; "
40 V  |            Lombards. (You know him, Finot.)~Mme. Matifat loved the
41 V  |      married General Gouraud," said Finot.~ ~"In forty-eight hours,
42 V  |           Oh, come now, how?" cried Finot. "I know a few things, but
43 V  |         asked Blondet.~ ~"No," said Finot. "Where would the talent
44 V  |          come in?"~ ~"Very good for Finot."~ ~"Who put him up to it?"
45 V  |              Monsieur Josse!" cried Finot.~ ~"Finot will always be
46 V  |             Josse!" cried Finot.~ ~"Finot will always be classic,
47 V  |         Explain your meaning," said Finot.~
48 VII|           who can have lost?" asked Finot.~ ~"Hear the conclusion,"
49 VII|           des Lois."~ ~"What?" said Finot.~ ~"Laws are like spiders'
50 VII|            what are you for?" asked Finot.~"For absolute government,
51 VII|           somebody next door," said Finot, hearing us~rise to go.~ ~"
52 Add|             The Government Clerks~ ~Finot, Andoche~Cesar Birotteau~