Chapter
1 I | returned the author. "Mme. de Bargeton~sent me here."~ ~Lucien
2 I | the interest which Mme. de Bargeton took in him. David~noticed
3 I | you in love with Mme. de Bargeton?"~ ~"Passionately."~ ~"But
4 I | never set foot in Mme. de Bargeton's house~again."~ ~David
5 II | may be sure that Mme. de Bargeton's house lay on the~way.
6 II | characters in the story--Mme. de Bargeton.~ ~The old city of Angouleme
7 II | druggist's son, in Mme. de Bargeton's house~was nothing less
8 II | blame among them.~Mme. de Bargeton loved art and letters, eccentric
9 II | Lucien's career.~ ~M. de Bargeton was the great-grandson of
10 II | bearing the name of Mirault de Bargeton, became an officer in the~
11 II | was called~simply M. de Bargeton. This M. de Bargeton, the
12 II | de Bargeton. This M. de Bargeton, the alderman's grandson,~
13 II | great-uncles of the present Bargeton, went into business~again,
14 II | at this day. The lands of Bargeton, in Angoumois in~the barony
15 II | Angouleme, called the Hotel Bargeton, likewise, the grandson
16 II | likewise, the grandson of M. de~Bargeton the Waster came in for these
17 II | illustrious~progenitors, Bargeton I. and Bargeton II., Bargeton
18 II | progenitors, Bargeton I. and Bargeton II., Bargeton V. (who may
19 II | Bargeton I. and Bargeton II., Bargeton V. (who may be~dubbed Bargeton
20 II | Bargeton V. (who may be~dubbed Bargeton the Mute by way of distinction)
21 II | the title of Marquis of Bargeton; he would have been~connected
22 II | country~had inspired Mme. de Bargeton with a taste for music and
23 II | requirements in his mind. M. de Bargeton~seemed to be the only one
24 II | this description. M. de~Bargeton, aged forty, considerably
25 II | years~old already, for the Bargeton arms are blazoned thus:
26 II | prospect of such liberty.~M. de Bargeton was of the opinion that
27 II | By this time Mme. de Bargeton was thirty-six years old
28 II | more startling since M. de~Bargeton looked like a man of seventy,
29 II | excepted; for M. and~Mme. de Bargeton were obliged to live in
30 II | until such time as~Mme. de Bargeton's inheritance should fall
31 II | lives.~ ~Here was Mme. de Bargeton, for instance, smiting the
32 II | eighteen years of Mme. de Bargeton's married~life can be summed
33 II | been crowned kings. Mme. de~Bargeton went to a ridotto given
34 II | the~only record of Mme. de Bargeton's young beauty, a portrait
35 II | them.~ ~This was Mme. de Bargeton's past life, a dreary chronicle
36 II | some interest into Mme. de~Bargeton's monotonous life. The place
37 III | Sundays, he saw that Mme. de. Bargeton was the person with~whom
38 III | out after mass, Mme. de Bargeton complimented him, regretting~
39 III | the sanctuary, for Mme. de Bargeton's salon was a kind of holy
40 III | received at~all; Mme. de Bargeton would go to concerts and "
41 III | Angouleme regarded~the Hotel de Bargeton. The inhabitant of L'Houmeau
42 III | for his designs on Mme. de~Bargeton, Chatelet could not have
43 III | the intruder in Mme. de Bargeton's house, but not elsewhere.~
44 III | writers meant. Not so Mme. de Bargeton; she waxed~enthusiastic
45 III | his benefactors. Mme. de Bargeton in her~little circle of
46 III | like a war whoop--~Mme. de Bargeton amid these grotesque figures
47 III | appearance in the Hotel de Bargeton.~ ~Poor helots of the provinces,
48 III | great gates of the~Hotel de Bargeton would shortly open and turn
49 III | them. Lucien in Mme. de Bargeton's house!--for Eve it~meant
50 III | mattressed cushions, sat Mme.~de Bargeton; the poet beheld her by
51 III | he thought. For~Mme. de Bargeton, she was impressed with
52 III | a great~lady.~ ~Mme. de Bargeton, following a new fashion,
53 III | somewhat too thin, Mme. de~Bargeton amiably pointed to a seat
54 III | else in the room.~ ~Mme. de Bargeton's words intoxicated the
55 III | meant to return; and Mme. de Bargeton did not ask for them,~because
56 III | because he had~found Mme. de Bargeton to his taste; she was the
57 III | For two months Mme. de~Bargeton was for him a benefactress
58 III | confidences came next. Mme. de Bargeton began to address~her poet
59 III | came in, he found Mme. de Bargeton looking at~a portrait, which
60 III | Lucien to dine with M. de Bargeton as a~third. But in spite
61 III | first to hurry to~Mme. de Bargeton.~ ~"Nais, dear," she said, "
62 III | my dear?" asked Mme. de Bargeton~with her most regal air. "
63 III | your children?"~ ~Mme. de Bargeton's presence of mind put an
64 III | the~forbidden.~ ~Mme. de Bargeton's rooms were crowded that
65 III | Wednesdays. Now Mme. de Bargeton's salon was~open every evening;
66 III | was attacked. When Mme.~de Bargeton called him "M. Chatelet,"
67 III | as a sacrifice at Mme. de~Bargeton's feet; but with the ingenuity
68 III | man in Angoumois. Mme. de Bargeton was praised on all sides
69 III | would authorize. Mme. de Bargeton undertook to~procure this
70 III | six-and-twenty; Mme. de Bargeton's eyes grew soft; and Lucien,
71 III | of that evening, Mme. de Bargeton's wit made havoc of~Lucien'
72 III | kind meant ruin for Mme. de Bargeton. Once~accused and fairly
73 III | expense; he could see Mme. de Bargeton's repressed~smile; and at
74 III | give his arm to Mme. de Bargeton among the dandies of the~
75 III | fortune.~ ~"I love Mme. de Bargeton; perhaps in a few days she
76 III | near~my desk."~ ~Mme. de Bargeton's letter lying among the
77 IV | David should go to Mme. de~Bargeton's house! David would shine
78 IV | fostering in Lucien; and Mme. de Bargeton was~doing her best to develop
79 IV | pass the evening~at Mme. de Bargeton's, we can spend the time
80 IV | drawing-room; but M. de Bargeton was there,~alone. Lucien
81 IV | husband face to face.~ ~M. de Bargeton's intellect was of the limited
82 IV | morning to please Mme. de Bargeton, who is very fond~of veal,
83 IV | dropped dead.~Then M. de Bargeton mutely implored his visitor
84 IV | Angouleme credited M. de Bargeton with more understanding
85 IV | they went off to give M. de Bargeton the benefit of the rest
86 IV | eulogistic~smile. Madame de Bargeton's rooms were always crowded,
87 IV | tidy, and~cared for, M. de Bargeton had come to feel an almost
88 IV | that costs~nothing! Mme. de Bargeton, knowing that her husband
89 IV | pride, and argued that M. de Bargeton must possess good~qualities
90 IV | from public view. Mme. de Bargeton had drilled him~into military
91 IV | house~long enough. M. de Bargeton, spread at full length in
92 IV | natural enough," said M. de Bargeton.~ ~Lucien took the remark
93 IV | in L'Houmeau," said M. de Bargeton, "and people who live a~
94 IV | t know," answered M. de Bargeton, relapsing into immobility.~ ~"
95 IV | cause."~ ~"Ah!" said M. de Bargeton, "final causes! Eh! eh! . . ."~ ~
96 IV | resuscitate it.~ ~"Mme. de Bargeton is dressing, no doubt,"
97 IV | must conciliate Mme. de~Bargeton's husband, he tried to find
98 IV | began, returning to M. de~ ~Bargeton.~ ~"Very seldom."~ ~Silence
99 IV | Silence again. M. de Bargeton watched Lucien's slightest
100 IV | ease, greeted his friend~Bargeton, and favored Lucien with
101 IV | uncomfortable sense of M.~de Bargeton's imagined hostility. The
102 IV | him in~his poverty. M. de Bargeton had counted on having no
103 IV | At this moment Mme. de Bargeton appeared in all the glory
104 IV | matter of~fact, since Mme. de Bargeton had taken him up, the lively
105 IV | everybody saw that Mme. de Bargeton paid~marked attention to
106 IV | encouraging~example of Mme. de Bargeton, who welcomed the most illustrious~
107 IV | one except Louise, M. de Bargeton, the Bishop, and some few~
108 IV | the room besides Mme. de Bargeton who could understand~poetry.
109 V | efforts on the part of M. de Bargeton, who, obedient to his~wife,
110 V | round table near Mme. de Bargeton.~A fierce thrill of excitement
111 V | it was a shift of Mme. de Bargeton's,~meant to save the poet'
112 V | delicate idyll Neere.~ ~Mme. de Bargeton sat with one hand buried
113 V | fatuous glance at Mme. de Bargeton, he announced~"TO HER!"
114 V | and at ease~behind Mme. de Bargeton's petticoat. And at the
115 V | selfsame moment Mme.~de Bargeton betrayed her own secret
116 V | could only look at Mme. de Bargeton and give embarrassed~answers
117 V | MONSIEUR LULU?" and Mme. de Bargeton flushed red to the eyes.~ ~"
118 V | can confess," said Mme.~de Bargeton, addressing the Marquise. "
119 V | raised his head at Mme. de~Bargeton's reply--~ ~"My dear, poetry
120 V | his deathblow.~ ~Mme. de Bargeton's eyes traveled round the
121 V | was aggravated by M.~de Bargeton's imbecility; he burst into
122 V | your meaning," said Mme. de Bargeton, and the words~paralyzed
123 V | leaving Lucien~and Mme. de Bargeton to themselves. Every one
124 V | Severac's~benefit.~ ~Mme. du Bargeton, hurt by the contempt which
125 V | be had cheaply," Mme. de Bargeton continued, taking~his hand
126 V | will be his," said Mme. de Bargeton rhetorically. "Do you~not
127 V | were jealous of Mme. de Bargeton, the Beatrice of this~modern
128 V | to the torture in Mme. de Bargeton's rooms,~his sister had
129 V | refused to go to Mme. de Bargeton's, you were quite as generous
130 V | work. What will Mme. de Bargeton give your brother in return~
131 V | grown so much~in Mme. de Bargeton's boudoir, that he will
132 V | he means to go to Mme. de~Bargeton's, he must not be my foreman
133 VI | such pettiness.~ ~"M. de Bargeton is an old dotard. The indigestion
134 VI | people; I will marry Mme. de Bargeton. I~read to-night in her
135 VI | surprise at the news. Mme. de Bargeton's lover had been~dreaming
136 VI | the ground. "If Mme. de Bargeton~consents to be Mme. de Rubempre,
137 VI | Lucien's~fancy had put M. de Bargeton to death, he would have
138 VI | Bishop's~epigram and Mme. de Bargeton's reply. Every least thing
139 VI | some brains, and Mme. de Bargeton is quite wild about him."~ ~
140 VI | was not mistaken; Mme. de Bargeton~met him with a vehemence
141 VI | the world, in came M. de Bargeton. Lucien~frowned and seemed
142 VI | her pleasure," said M. de Bargeton, "and me also.~Nothing suits
143 VI | dinner."~ ~Cajoled by M. de Bargeton, cajoled by Louise, waited
144 VI | remained in the Hotel de Bargeton, and began to think of the
145 VI | Louise's~love and M. de Bargeton's weakness, that as the
146 VI | conqueror's airs with Mme. de Bargeton."~ ~"Love knows nought of
147 VI | de Rubempre) and Mme. de Bargeton~was not discussed; and though
148 VI | the worst of both. Mme. de Bargeton paid the penalty of her~
149 VI | exchanged between Mme. de Bargeton and Lucien outweighed twelve~
150 VI | his good fortune on M. de Bargeton's~tomb. M. de Bargeton,
151 VI | de Bargeton's~tomb. M. de Bargeton, troubled with indigestion
152 VI | times a week with Mme. de Bargeton. A friendship had grown
153 VI | credit for~forsaking Mme. de Bargeton and grand dinners for these
154 VI | Sixte meant that Mme. de Bargeton~should compromise herself
155 VI | so he posed as Mme. de Bargeton's humble~confidant, admired
156 VI | and~condemned, and Mme. de Bargeton was now on the verge of
157 VI | vehement desires. Mme. de Bargeton, for instance, must~always
158 VI | utmost propriety. M. de Bargeton~pervaded the house like
159 VI | hung in doubt.~ ~Mme. de Bargeton could not set foot outside
160 VI | without her house,~Mme. de Bargeton lived in public.~ ~These
161 VI | alone together. Mme. de Bargeton~had no country house whither
162 VI | in Lucien and in Mme. de Bargeton, who was not~without perspicacity.
163 VI | Chatelet said that Mme. de Bargeton was simply amusing~herself
164 VI | wished to appear as Mme. de~Bargeton's champion. Stanislas de
165 VI | Chandour held that Mme. de Bargeton~had not been cruel to her
166 VI | These polemics kept~Mme. de Bargeton and Lucien well in sight.~ ~
167 VI | de Chandour to Mme. de Bargeton's and found Lucien~there,
168 VI | of~us desire.~ ~Mme. de Bargeton read fixed purpose in Lucien'
169 VI | reverences love. Mme. de~Bargeton having made up her mind
170 VII | door of the salon. Mme. de Bargeton sprang up in a moment, but
171 VII | her old footman.~ ~Mme. de Bargeton went back, pale and trembling,
172 VII | end. Chatelet~took Mme. de Bargeton's part; but he defended
173 VII | he went off to Mme. de Bargeton's, where, alas! there~was
174 VII | between~ourselves, M. de Bargeton is the proper person to
175 VII | Paris. Meanwhile Mme. de Bargeton's adorer found the~silence
176 VII | ill-founded tittle-tattle, M. de Bargeton was~preparing to go to bed,
177 VII | certain solemnity.~ ~M. de Bargeton followed her into the boudoir.~ ~"
178 VII | I am going," said M. de Bargeton, and he took his hat and
179 VII | It did not trouble M. de Bargeton that he must stand up and
180 VII | ridiculous.~ ~But people of M. de Bargeton's stamp, who live perforce
181 VII | their~tongues. So M. de Bargeton bore himself like a man
182 VII | significant fashion from M. de Bargeton to Stanislas, whom~the injured
183 VII | of night, when old M. de~Bargeton was invariably in his bed.
184 VII | his~feet and took M. de Bargeton aside, saying, "Do you wish
185 VII | possibly might~make Mme. de Bargeton a widow, while it put a
186 VII | Stanislas," he said, "here comes Bargeton to call you to account,
187 VII | Stanislas and Chatelet went to Bargeton.~ ~"Sir," said the injured
188 VII | that you discovered Mme.~de Bargeton and M. de Rubempre in an
189 VII | stress; he did not~take Bargeton seriously.~ ~"So be it,"
190 VII | was the speech that M. de Bargeton had ruminated on the way;
191 VII | Chatelet was smiling, M. de Bargeton looked exactly as if he~
192 VII | other half admired M. de Bargeton's attitude.~Chatelet was
193 VII | solemn and mysterious. M. de Bargeton stayed a few~minutes, scrutinized
194 VII | with one voice, that M. de Bargeton was within his~right.~ ~"
195 VII | often used to tell me of Bargeton's exploits."~ ~"Pooh! Put
196 VIII | people in the market. M. de Bargeton all but~killed M. de Chandour
197 VIII | he found you with Mme. de Bargeton yesterday."~ ~"It is a lie!
198 VIII | It is a lie! Mme. de Bargeton is innocent," cried Lucien.~ ~"
199 VIII | the morning to~be M. de Bargeton's second; he told M. de
200 VIII | twenty-five paces. M. de~Bargeton looked as if he had just
201 VIII | you should~go to Mme. de Bargeton's or show yourself in Angouleme,
202 VIII | brought in Gentil, M. de Bargeton's~footman. The man had come
203 VIII | not going to see Mme. de~Bargeton quite so often."~ ~"Dear
204 VIII | slipped~away to Mme. de Bargeton. He found Nais at table
205 VIII | with her husband; M.~de Bargeton's early morning walk had
206 VIII | leave her father and M.~de Bargeton together; she beckoned Lucien
207 VIII | and my father is taking Bargeton~back with him to the Escarbas,
208 VIII | perhaps procure a place for~Bargeton. At my solicitation, it
209 VIII | this journey with Mme. de~Bargeton would virtually give her
210 VIII | words were needed; Mme. de~Bargeton's influence seemed to him
211 VIII | to hide it from Mme. de Bargeton, David proposed~to send
212 VIII | it.~ ~In spite of Mme. de Bargeton's precautions, Chatelet
213 VIII | side~of Mansle, for Mme. de Bargeton. When the seventy-year old
214 Addendum| stories of the Human Comedy.~ ~Bargeton, Madame de (see Chatelet,
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