Part, Chapter
1 I,I | that. Didn't we sell five thousand francs' worth~to-day? Besides,
2 I,I | We have one hundred good thousand~francs invested outside
3 I,I | Funds. You will get ten~thousand francs' income, and the
4 I,I | dairies, which bring in a~thousand crowns a year, with a house
5 I,I | which~we can have for sixty thousand francs; and, lo! Monsieur
6 I,I | and you can~give eight thousand francs a year to your daughter
7 I,I | daughter and we can keep two~thousand for ourselves, and the proceeds
8 I,I | satisfied with a hundred thousand francs~/dot/?--supposing
9 I,I | say. Well, then, a hundred thousand~francs, or even eight thousand
10 I,I | thousand~francs, or even eight thousand francs a year, is nothing
11 I,I | snail, won't~sell a hundred thousand francs worth of land Xandrot
12 I,I | worth four or five hundred thousand.~If Crottat does not pay
13 I,I | Cesarine must have two hundred thousand francs /dot/; and I mean
14 I,I | bourgeois of Paris, with fifteen thousand~francs a year. Hein! If
15 I,I | I furnish three~hundred thousand francs,--that is, three-eighths
16 I,I | you get your three hundred thousand francs?" said Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"
17 I,I | I shall take~the hundred thousand francs which are now with
18 I,I | Roguin; I shall borrow~forty thousand on the buildings and gardens
19 I,I | du Temple; we have twenty thousand francs~here in hand,--in
20 I,I | all, one hundred and sixty thousand. There remain~one hundred
21 I,I | remain~one hundred and forty thousand more, for which I shall
22 I,I | there are the three hundred thousand francs~provided for. He
23 I,I | shall have made a hundred~thousand francs at least. I meditate
24 I,I | made the hundred and sixty thousand francs which we~possess,
25 I,I | we should be worth~three thousand francs a year; and at the
26 I,I | notary? If they~make fifty thousand francs a year and spend
27 I,I | francs a year and spend sixty thousand, in twenty~years they will
28 I,I | did you~risk? Five or six thousand francs. To-day you put all
29 I,I | remodel~the house, spend ten thousand francs if you like,--it
30 I,I | his~stealing that three thousand francs,--for I guessed just
31 I,I | to the amount of twenty thousand francs when he first~went
32 I,II | or,~changed them for six thousand francs in assignats, with
33 I,II | twenty years of age~of a thousand francs a year from the public
34 I,II | augmenting, where he could make a thousand crowns a year,~and where
35 I,II | like~houses of cards, and a thousand other commercial seductions,
36 I,II | old, and possessed~eleven thousand francs of her own. Cesar,
37 I,II | supplied with the eleven thousand francs of his wife for his~
38 I,II | modest capital of one hundred thousand francs, which was the sum
39 I,II | possessed~only a hundred thousand francs over and above his
40 I,II | household cost~him nearly twenty thousand francs a year, and the education
41 I,II | and gave him a salary of a~thousand francs, intending to make
42 I,II | monthly accounts, three thousand francs~were found to be
43 I,II | said the worthy man, "three thousand francs are missing~from
44 I,II | slipped three~bills of a thousand francs each into the money-drawer,
45 I,II | his endorsement for twenty thousand~francs, to enable him to
46 I,III| rich wife with five hundred thousand francs of~her own, to say
47 I,III| would love Roguin for thirty thousand francs a year instead of~
48 I,III| a year instead of~fifty thousand,--a service which infatuated
49 I,III| Bourse, or in one of the thousand~enterprises of private speculation
50 I,III| notary had given a hundred thousand francs of~the remaining
51 I,III| soon as~he had gained fifty thousand francs he was sure of fortune.
52 I,III| Roguin was worth two hundred thousand francs,~du Tillet three
53 I,III| du Tillet three hundred thousand, and the notary had been
54 I,III| the Madeleine. The~hundred thousand francs belonging to Cesar
55 I,III| hand. "Take the hundred thousand~francs which were laid by
56 I,IV | amounting in all to five thousand~francs.~ ~"Ah!" said the
57 I,IV | ones."~ ~"For the want of a thousand francs--sure to be repaid
58 I,IV | accounts. Pay me only two thousand francs commission. It~will
59 I,IV | Birotteau.~ ~"From ten to twelve thousand francs," said Grindot. "
60 I,IV | Oh, no, madame; six thousand francs at a rough guess."~ ~"
61 I,IV | ways of contractors: six thousand francs means twenty~thousand.
62 I,IV | thousand francs means twenty~thousand. We are not in a position
63 I,IV | you want, my love?"~ ~"Six thousand weight."~ ~"That's all I
64 I,IV | shall want perhaps a hundred thousand a year."~ ~"But just look
65 I,IV | Well, then, send six thousand weight, for two thousand
66 I,IV | thousand weight, for two thousand francs at~ninety days' sight,
67 I,V | first place, of seventy~thousand francs, which he placed
68 I,V | derived an income of five thousand and some odd hundred francs
69 I,V | francs a~year; next of forty thousand francs, the value of his
70 I,V | which amounted to a hundred thousand francs a year, he had~made
71 I,V | safe investments. My fifty~thousand francs are in the bank.
72 I,V | the last~instalment, five thousand francs, from my business.
73 I,V | rich to put three hundred thousand~francs into it. It seems
74 I,V | eighty, and I~could sell two thousand francs worth of my consolidated
75 I,V | of France for a~hundred thousand francs for the Ragons and
76 I,V | amounted to more than six thousand~francs; for several outstanding
77 I,V | gone in debt two hundred thousand francs."~ ~"That is true,
78 I,V | ever pay that two hundred~thousand francs?" said Cesar, with
79 I,VI | sides. "I have found ten thousand bottles like that, all made
80 I,VI | to him,~'to furnish ten thousand at four sous? If so, I may
81 I,VI | We shall make~a hundred thousand francs this year, for we'
82 I,VI | eighteen francs; say eighteen~thousand heads,--one hundred and
83 I,VI | one hundred and eighty thousand francs. We are~millionaires!"~ ~
84 I,VI | have an income of thirty thousand~francs, you occupy your
85 I,VI | mortgage bond for forty~thousand francs, on his grounds and
86 I,VI | receipt, bills for twenty thousand francs~from his current
87 I,VI | for one hundred and forty thousand~francs payable to the order
88 I,VI | of the hundred and forty~thousand francs paid to my order."~ ~"
89 I,VI | the trade receives, by the~thousand, to the present day (another /
90 I,VI | ll answer for a hundred thousand bottles in six~months. I'
91 I,VII| going to spend a hundred thousand francs~on his ball, and
92 I,VII| house-painter. She has three hundred thousand francs /dot/. I threw~out
93 I,VII| you will pay me a hundred~thousand francs down for my practice,
94 I,VII| be worth more than three~thousand francs to me."~ ~Birotteau
95 I,VII| bouillotte/. Du Tillet won three thousand francs. The day began to~
96 I,VII| aware of it, than sixty thousand francs. Such was the~price
97 I,I | of the hundred and~sixty thousand francs thrown upon the market,
98 I,I | make out an order for two thousand francs at ninety days' sight,~
99 I,I | not juggled out of five thousand francs," thought~Birotteau.~ ~"
100 I,I | notes to the amount of five thousand francs from~my neighbor,
101 I,I | into it; he had given ten thousand francs worth of labor, and
102 I,I | bills to the amount of sixty thousand francs~had been sent in.
103 I,I | amount of~fifty or sixty thousand francs due to him. The second
104 I,I | given~your four hundred thousand francs to Monsieur Claparon?"~ ~"
105 I,I | my two hundred and forty thousand francs. He was told that
106 I,I | your two hundred and forty thousand~francs are still with Roguin.
107 I,I | to my care, one hundred thousand francs. I gave them to Roguin~
108 I,I | together with your hundred thousand francs,~which he used up
109 I,I | and your last hundred thousand as well,~for I just remember
110 I,I | flames.~ ~"Your hundred thousand francs in his hands, my
111 I,I | in his hands, my hundred thousand for~his practice, a hundred
112 I,I | his practice, a hundred thousand from Claparon,--there's
113 I,I | there's three hundred~thousand francs purloined, not to
114 I,I | practice for~three hundred thousand francs,--I, who thought
115 I,I | thing!--and paid a hundred thousand down. I have no receipt;
116 I,I | word about that~hundred thousand francs, and when a man is
117 I,I | is only a way to escape a thousand deaths; it~seems logical
118 I,I | will get back your~forty thousand francs. The lender hadn'
119 I,I | ball--my cross--two hundred thousand francs in paper on the~market,--
120 I,I | If he saves only~three thousand francs a year, that would
121 I,I | twenty~years one hundred thousand francs. In the provinces
122 I,I | has carried~off a hundred thousand francs of mine; therefore,
123 I,I | property costs me five hundred thousand francs instead of four hundred~
124 I,I | instead of four hundred~thousand. Roguin has also carried
125 I,I | off two hundred and forty thousand~francs of Birotteau's. What
126 I,I | the two hundred and forty thousand~francs,--which I am sure
127 I,I | trifle, merely twenty-five thousand francs," he added, turning
128 I,I | Birotteau.~ ~"Twenty-five thousand francs!" cried Cesar, feeling
129 I,I | to~come down with forty thousand francs, to secure the registration,
130 I,I | thinking this~twenty-five thousand francs might be inconvenient
131 I,I | amounting to twenty-five thousand francs on~divers securities
132 I,I | owe me about six or seven thousand francs."~ ~"All that seems
133 I,I | receipt for his four~hundred thousand francs," said Claparon. "
134 I,I | had given Roguin a hundred thousand myself the day before.~Our
135 I,I | If he sends me my hundred thousand francs,~and two hundred
136 I,I | francs,~and two hundred thousand more for his half of our
137 I,I | they say, three hundred thousand~francs, he will want the
138 I,I | Birotteau gets back the forty thousand on his note to~Roguin's
139 I,I | a payment of two hundred thousand francs to the~sellers. Between
140 I,I | given~Claparon a hundred thousand francs to pay over to Roguin
141 I,I | Roguin had cost him~a hundred thousand francs. Du Tillet thought
142 I,I | hundred and thirty-five thousand francs; that is, sixty-~
143 I,I | francs; that is, sixty-~five thousand in bills for the cost of
144 I,I | hundred and~seventy-five thousand given in notes for the lands.
145 I,I | say perhaps one hundred thousand~francs; and I can cancel
146 I,I | all, one hundred and~forty thousand. All depends on making a
147 I,I | depends on making a hundred thousand francs out of~Cephalic Oil,
148 I,II | Pillerault would sell sixty~thousand francs out of the Funds.~ ~"
149 I,II | and I each lose our fifty thousand francs. Those worthy~people
150 I,II | extricate~yourself./ With five thousand six hundred francs income,
151 I,II | I could set~aside four thousand francs for you and the Ragons.
152 I,II | you~will for your hundred thousand francs. I will answer for
153 I,II | would make you lose forty thousand~francs? Well, your adversary,
154 I,II | January, a sum of~sixty thousand francs, half of which must
155 I,II | gave him a scant~twenty thousand; he lacked ten thousand
156 I,II | thousand; he lacked ten thousand francs for the first payments.~
157 I,II | expected to obtain~some thirty thousand francs, which would enable
158 I,II | his oil heroically. Two thousand placards were pasted in
159 I,II | Birotteau thirty or forty thousand francs as his~share of the
160 I,II | a month!~Finot saw three thousand francs for himself out of
161 I,II | after days that without the thousand crowns he earned~through
162 I,II | misery and despair. To him~a thousand crowns was fortune. It was
163 I,II | specifications, and all the thousand memoranda brought to bear
164 I,II | a credit of a hundred thousand francs,~secured on my share
165 I,III| One hundred and forty thousand francs."~ ~"Cash?"~ ~"Notes."~ ~"
166 I,III| you had paid two hundred~thousand francs, supposing that there
167 I,III| were another one hundred~thousand paid down in advance for
168 I,III| the security of a hundred thousand francs, to warrant us~in
169 I,III| a credit of one hundred thousand. The result might be to~
170 I,III| than one or two hundred thousand~francs through Parisian
171 I,III| Where shall I find ten thousand francs for to-morrow, the
172 I,III| devil! he~is a capital of a thousand crowns."~ ~So saying, he
173 I,III| not I. If you want ten thousand~francs, they are yours."~ ~"
174 I,III| Tillet. "Hey! I am in for~ten thousand francs which the old rogue
175 I,III| Monsieur Legras, bring me ten thousand francs, and a note of hand
176 I,III| three months, and my ten thousand francs went to perdition."~ ~"
177 I,III| Last~of March, note for ten thousand francs, to du Tillet's order.'"~ ~"
178 I,III| who robbed us of three thousand francs! So you~are doing
179 I,III| ear) will cost us twelve thousand francs."~ ~"Newspapers!"
180 I,III| said Popinot. "Twenty thousand francs worth~of placards,
181 I,III| prospectus. One hundred~thousand bottles bought. Ah, it is
182 I,III| days, not less than ten~thousand francs, merely by commissions
183 I,III| He had two hundred thousand francs of mine," said Cesar. "
184 I,III| Cesar. "As to the~forty thousand he pretended to make me
185 I,IV | do you want?"~ ~"Thirty thousand francs."~ ~"Are the chimney-bricks
186 I,IV | the desk?"~ ~"Only twenty thousand francs. Monsieur gave orders
187 I,IV | to the amount of thirty thousand francs cash, payable on
188 I,IV | his acceptances for fifty thousand francs, and I will get~them
189 I,IV | run out again. There's a thousand francs;~just let me take
190 I,IV | and clamor,--'One hundred thousand francs for~five sous! or
191 I,IV | five sous for a hundred thousand francs! gold mines!~coal
192 I,IV | give me a note for fifty thousand francs on my share of the~
193 I,IV | down at least three hundred thousand francs before~you could
194 I,IV | liabilities are five hundred~thousand. To meet them you have assets
195 I,V | strong enough to pay forty~thousand francs in three months.
196 I,V | that he will use that forty thousand to pay off his~debts. Thus
197 I,V | would rather lose forty thousand francs~than lose Cesarine.
198 I,V | Advance Birotteau fifty thousand on his share in your oil,
199 I,V | notes to the amount~of fifty thousand francs, and ran from the
200 I,V | give you for those~fifty thousand francs? Twenty thousand
201 I,V | thousand francs? Twenty thousand at the most; twenty thousand,~
202 I,V | thousand at the most; twenty thousand,~do you hear me? There are
203 I,V | enabled~me to make up a thousand francs; which I send herewith,
204 I,V | Saint-Gatien de Tours.~ ~ ~"A thousand francs!" cried Madame Birotteau.~ ~"
205 I,V | Suppose that your hundred thousand francs deposited with Roguin
206 I,V | now. The hundred and forty thousand francs for~which notes were
207 I,V | your~obligations, forty thousand francs which you can, sooner
208 I,V | Faubourg du Temple, and sixty thousand~for your share in the house
209 I,V | worth eighteen hundred thousand francs, on a third floor
210 I,V | exchange the first fifty thousand of those notes against the~
211 I,V | household which would give you a thousand~crowns or so; your wife
212 I,V | three might earn~nearly ten thousand francs a year. In ten years
213 I,V | you can pay off a~hundred thousand francs, for you shall not
214 I,V | credit."~ ~"I am in for ten thousand francs," said du Tillet; "
215 I,V | might have lost his hundred~thousand francs with Roguin, but
216 I,V | ve got here, for my two thousand~francs. Who ever heard of
217 I,V | Office, with a~salary of two thousand five hundred francs,--all
218 I,V | lodging, and a~salary of three thousand francs from one of the largest
219 I,V | noble lad~gave her three thousand francs a year, her board,
220 I,VI | definitive: out of every thousand provisional~assignees, not
221 I,VI | Taking the average of a thousand failures, an agent would
222 I,VI | is fifty sous, or~fifty thousand francs. This assembly, in
223 I,VI | bring about three hundred~thousand francs. We shall thus get
224 I,VI | left us only one hundred thousand, we hereby declare him an~
225 I,VI | cost nearly sixty thousand francs, and at that time
226 I,VI | than one hundred and a few thousand~francs. There is cause to
227 I,VI | of Birotteau for seventy~thousand francs. All Cesar's rights
228 I,VI | for the sum of forty-eight thousand francs. The business of~"
229 I,VI | Celestin Crevel at fifty-seven~thousand francs, with the lease,
230 I,VI | hundred and ninety-five thousand francs, to which the assignees~
231 I,VI | assignees~added seventy thousand produced by Birotteau's
232 I,VI | two hundred and fifty-five thousand~francs. The debts amounted
233 I,VI | to four hundred and forty thousand;~consequently, the creditors
234 I,VI | poor man.~ ~"Fifty-seven thousand francs for 'The Queen of
235 I,VI | the shop~alone cost ten thousand; the appartement cost forty
236 I,VI | the appartement cost forty thousand; the mere~outlay on the
237 I,VI | the boilers,~cost thirty thousand. Why! at fifty per cent
238 I,VI | there would still be ten thousand francs~worth of property
239 I,VI | you should ever want a few thousand~francs, you will always
240 I,VI | received orders for three~thousand gross."~ ~"Three thousand
241 I,VI | thousand gross."~ ~"Three thousand gross!" exclaimed Cesar.~ ~"
242 I,VII| months, amounted to twenty thousand francs. I have~received
243 I,VII| I have~received thirty thousand by the dividend on my claim.
244 I,VII| We have~therefore fifty thousand francs to divide among your
245 I,VII| Ragon has received thirty thousand francs for his dividend,~
246 I,VII| lease; but I demand sixty thousand~francs for it, and I shall
247 I,VII| farthing less."~ ~"Sixty thousand francs!" exclaimed du Tillet,
248 I,VII| moreover, cost me~three thousand francs a year to get other
249 I,VII| buildings. Therefore, sixty~thousand francs, or say no more about
250 I,VII| going to make three~hundred thousand francs out of /your/ land,
251 I,VII| and he refuses /us/ sixty~thousand francs' indemnity for /our/
252 I,VII| lease."~ ~"That is three thousand francs a year," said du
253 I,VII| Bank of France for sixty thousand~francs."~ ~Popinot looked
254 I,VII| two hundred~and forty-two thousand francs; half of that is
255 I,VII| hundred and twenty-~one thousand," said Popinot, brusquely. "
256 I,VII| that~amount the forty-eight thousand francs which I paid to Monsieur~
257 I,VII| there remains seventy-three thousand, which, joined to~these
258 I,VII| which, joined to~these sixty thousand paid for the relinquishment
259 I,VII| hundred and thirty-three thousand francs."~ ~Madame Cesar
260 I,VII| full. Add the~twenty-eight thousand you have saved and placed
261 I,VII| one hundred and sixty-one thousand~francs. Our uncle will not
262 I,VII| own claim of~twenty-five thousand. No human power can deprive
263 I,VII| this~business for a hundred thousand francs, and that will give
264 I,VII| away, he robbed us of~three thousand francs."~ ~"I was sure of
265 I,VII| placed in the desk three~thousand francs,--the price of that
266 I,VII| private~secretary, putting six thousand francs into the hand of
267 I,VII| reinstated. You~take six thousand francs from the king, and
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