Part, Chapter
1 I,I | t we sell five thousand francs' worth~to-day? Besides,
2 I,I | which cost six hundred francs, and~renounce 'The Queen
3 I,I | one hundred good thousand~francs invested outside of our
4 I,I | You will get ten~thousand francs' income, and the investment
5 I,I | have for sixty thousand francs; and, lo! Monsieur now wants
6 I,I | can~give eight thousand francs a year to your daughter
7 I,I | with a hundred thousand francs~/dot/?--supposing that we
8 I,I | then, a hundred thousand~francs, or even eight thousand
9 I,I | or even eight thousand francs a year, is nothing at all~
10 I,I | sell a hundred thousand francs worth of land Xandrot can'
11 I,I | have two hundred thousand francs /dot/; and I mean that~you
12 I,I | Paris, with fifteen thousand~francs a year. Hein! If I could
13 I,I | furnish three~hundred thousand francs,--that is, three-eighths
14 I,I | your three hundred thousand francs?" said Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"
15 I,I | take~the hundred thousand francs which are now with Roguin;
16 I,I | we have twenty thousand francs~here in hand,--in all, one
17 I,I | the three hundred thousand francs~provided for. He who owns
18 I,I | made a hundred~thousand francs at least. I meditate an
19 I,I | hundred and sixty thousand francs which we~possess, net and
20 I,I | be worth~three thousand francs a year; and at the price
21 I,I | they~make fifty thousand francs a year and spend sixty thousand,
22 I,I | what is worth a hundred francs. If~you met a child who
23 I,I | risk? Five or six thousand francs. To-day you put all your
24 I,I | house, spend ten thousand francs if you like,--it is useless
25 I,I | stealing that three thousand francs,--for I guessed just how
26 I,I | amount of twenty thousand francs when he first~went into
27 I,II | the Ragons his food, six francs a month as wages, and a~
28 I,II | obtain a salary of fifty francs a month,~and took his seat
29 I,II | possessing already~six hundred francs, now had a chamber where
30 I,II | changed them for six thousand francs in assignats, with which
31 I,II | years of age~of a thousand francs a year from the public Funds,
32 I,II | income of fifteen hundred francs, or whenever the First Consul
33 I,II | possessed~eleven thousand francs of her own. Cesar, inspired
34 I,II | with the eleven thousand francs of his wife for his~start
35 I,II | of one hundred thousand francs, which was the sum at~which
36 I,II | a cake of Paste is three francs; that of the bottle~six
37 I,II | that of the bottle~six francs.~ ~"Monsieur Cesar Birotteau,
38 I,II | only a hundred thousand francs over and above his business.
39 I,II | him nearly twenty thousand francs a year, and the education
40 I,II | him a salary of a~thousand francs, intending to make him eventually
41 I,II | accounts, three thousand francs~were found to be missing.
42 I,II | worthy man, "three thousand francs are missing~from the desk.
43 I,II | three~bills of a thousand francs each into the money-drawer,
44 I,II | endorsement for twenty thousand~francs, to enable him to make up
45 I,III| who spends twelve hundred francs a year~with us. If I were
46 I,III| with five hundred thousand francs of~her own, to say nothing
47 I,III| Roguin for thirty thousand francs a year instead of~fifty
48 I,III| given a hundred thousand francs of~the remaining trust-money
49 I,III| had gained fifty thousand francs he was sure of fortune.
50 I,III| worth two hundred thousand francs,~du Tillet three hundred
51 I,III| Madeleine. The~hundred thousand francs belonging to Cesar Birotteau,
52 I,III| Take the hundred thousand~francs which were laid by for my
53 I,III| It cost fifteen~hundred francs, my boy. To-day, my benefactor
54 I,IV | in all to five thousand~francs.~ ~"Ah!" said the perfumer
55 I,IV | Pay me only two thousand francs commission. It~will be money
56 I,IV | From ten to twelve thousand francs," said Grindot. "That does
57 I,IV | no, madame; six thousand francs at a rough guess."~ ~"A
58 I,IV | contractors: six thousand francs means twenty~thousand. We
59 I,IV | more than two hundred francs a month perhaps! I am binding~
60 I,IV | ought to be fifteen~hundred francs. At that price I will consent
61 I,IV | once pay me five hundred francs as an indemnity~towards
62 I,IV | seven hundred and fifty~francs, /hic et hinc/, to be deducted
63 I,IV | included in~the five hundred francs. Monsieur, you will find
64 I,IV | old fellow, twenty-five francs a hundred, if you take them~
65 I,IV | them~all."~ ~"Twenty-five francs!" cried Birotteau. "Fifteen
66 I,IV | Birotteau. "Fifteen hundred francs! I~shall want perhaps a
67 I,IV | make a~bargain at twenty francs. I don't want to send away
68 I,IV | weight, for two thousand francs at~ninety days' sight, to
69 I,V | place, of seventy~thousand francs, which he placed in the
70 I,V | thousand and some odd hundred francs a~year; next of forty thousand
71 I,V | next of forty thousand francs, the value of his business,
72 I,V | amounted to a hundred thousand francs a year, he had~made about
73 I,V | Matifat. Fifteen hundred francs a year sufficed~for all
74 I,V | investments. My fifty~thousand francs are in the bank. I received
75 I,V | instalment, five thousand francs, from my business. As for
76 I,V | put three hundred thousand~francs into it. It seems to me
77 I,V | could sell two thousand francs worth of my consolidated
78 I,V | France for a~hundred thousand francs for the Ragons and for me.
79 I,V | all for twelve hundred francs a~year, in the Rue des Cinq-Diamants."~ ~"
80 I,V | sell it for three or four francs~the four ounces?"~ ~"You
81 I,V | to more than six thousand~francs; for several outstanding
82 I,V | debt two hundred thousand francs."~ ~"That is true, wife,"
83 I,V | that two hundred~thousand francs?" said Cesar, with a gesture
84 I,VI | we could use oil at~three francs, and make a profit of thirty
85 I,VI | never used our oil. Three francs for the Oil Cesarine,~while
86 I,VI | make~a hundred thousand francs this year, for we'll pour
87 I,VI | bottles a year,--eighteen francs; say eighteen~thousand heads,--
88 I,VI | hundred and eighty thousand francs. We are~millionaires!"~ ~
89 I,VI | income of thirty thousand~francs, you occupy your own house,
90 I,VI | bond for forty~thousand francs, on his grounds and manufactories
91 I,VI | bills for twenty thousand francs~from his current funds,
92 I,VI | hundred and forty thousand~francs payable to the order of
93 I,VI | hundred and forty~thousand francs paid to my order."~ ~"That
94 I,VI | solitary coin of twenty francs, which~he was keeping to
95 I,VI | counterfeits. Price, THREE FRANCS. A. POPINOT, Rue des~Cinq-Diamants,
96 I,VII| spend a hundred thousand francs~on his ball, and he is involving
97 I,VII| has three hundred thousand francs /dot/. I threw~out that
98 I,VII| pay me a hundred~thousand francs down for my practice, you
99 I,VII| A bill of two hundred francs at Trudon's," said Madame
100 I,VII| Cesar. "I'd give a hundred francs if someone~would only come
101 I,VII| more than three~thousand francs to me."~ ~Birotteau answered
102 I,VII| Tillet won three thousand francs. The day began to~dawn,
103 I,VII| it, than sixty thousand francs. Such was the~price of the
104 I,I | hundred and~sixty thousand francs thrown upon the market,
105 I,I | an order for two thousand francs at ninety days' sight,~and
106 I,I | juggled out of five thousand francs," thought~Birotteau.~ ~"
107 I,I | amount of five thousand francs from~my neighbor, a dealer
108 I,I | he had given ten thousand francs worth of labor, and he~felt
109 I,I | amount of sixty thousand francs~had been sent in. Felix,
110 I,I | fifty or sixty thousand francs due to him. The second clerk
111 I,I | your four hundred thousand francs to Monsieur Claparon?"~ ~"
112 I,I | hundred and forty thousand francs. He was told that he was~
113 I,I | hundred and forty thousand~francs are still with Roguin. Roguin
114 I,I | care, one hundred thousand francs. I gave them to Roguin~just
115 I,I | with your hundred thousand francs,~which he used up long ago,--
116 I,I | Your hundred thousand francs in his hands, my hundred
117 I,I | s three hundred~thousand francs purloined, not to speak
118 I,I | for~three hundred thousand francs,--I, who thought I was getting
119 I,I | about that~hundred thousand francs, and when a man is starting
120 I,I | back your~forty thousand francs. The lender hadn't the money
121 I,I | cross--two hundred thousand francs in paper on the~market,--
122 I,I | saves only~three thousand francs a year, that would give
123 I,I | years one hundred thousand francs. In the provinces the priests
124 I,I | carried~off a hundred thousand francs of mine; therefore, my half
125 I,I | me five hundred thousand francs instead of four hundred~
126 I,I | hundred and forty thousand~francs of Birotteau's. What would
127 I,I | hundred and forty thousand~francs,--which I am sure Monsieur
128 I,I | merely twenty-five thousand francs," he added, turning to~Birotteau.~ ~"
129 I,I | Twenty-five thousand francs!" cried Cesar, feeling ice
130 I,I | down with forty thousand francs, to secure the registration,
131 I,I | this~twenty-five thousand francs might be inconvenient to
132 I,I | to twenty-five thousand francs on~divers securities which
133 I,I | about six or seven thousand francs."~ ~"All that seems to me
134 I,I | his four~hundred thousand francs," said Claparon. "I should
135 I,I | sends me my hundred thousand francs,~and two hundred thousand
136 I,I | three hundred thousand~francs, he will want the income
137 I,I | of two hundred thousand francs to the~sellers. Between
138 I,I | Claparon a hundred thousand francs to pay over to Roguin the
139 I,I | cost him~a hundred thousand francs. Du Tillet thought Claparon
140 I,I | and thirty-five thousand francs; that is, sixty-~five thousand
141 I,I | perhaps one hundred thousand~francs; and I can cancel the loan
142 I,I | making a hundred thousand francs out of~Cephalic Oil, and
143 I,II | would sell sixty~thousand francs out of the Funds.~ ~"Well,
144 I,II | lose our fifty thousand francs. Those worthy~people have,
145 I,II | five thousand six hundred francs income, I could set~aside
146 I,II | set~aside four thousand francs for you and the Ragons.
147 I,II | for your hundred thousand francs. I will answer for the case,~
148 I,II | you lose forty thousand~francs? Well, your adversary, who
149 I,II | a sum of~sixty thousand francs, half of which must be obtained
150 I,II | he lacked ten thousand francs for the first payments.~
151 I,II | obtain~some thirty thousand francs, which would enable him
152 I,II | thirty or forty thousand francs as his~share of the profits.
153 I,II | promised Finot five hundred francs for every puff in a~first-class
154 I,II | ten of them; three~hundred francs for every second-rate paper,
155 I,II | Finot saw three thousand francs for himself out of these
156 I,II | errand-boy~who earns sixty francs a month, he wrote wheedling
157 I,II | credit of a hundred thousand francs,~secured on my share of
158 I,III| hundred and forty thousand francs."~ ~"Cash?"~ ~"Notes."~ ~"
159 I,III| paid two hundred~thousand francs, supposing that there were
160 I,III| security of a hundred thousand francs, to warrant us~in giving
161 I,III| or two hundred thousand~francs through Parisian commerce:
162 I,III| shall I find ten thousand francs for to-morrow, the THIRTIETH?"~
163 I,III| If you want ten thousand~francs, they are yours."~ ~"Du
164 I,III| I am in for~ten thousand francs which the old rogue borrowed
165 I,III| Legras, bring me ten thousand francs, and a note of hand for~
166 I,III| months, and my ten thousand francs went to perdition."~ ~"I
167 I,III| March, note for ten thousand francs, to du Tillet's order.'"~ ~"
168 I,III| robbed us of three thousand francs! So you~are doing business
169 I,III| cost us twelve thousand francs."~ ~"Newspapers!" exclaimed
170 I,III| Popinot. "Twenty thousand francs worth~of placards, gilt
171 I,III| not less than ten~thousand francs, merely by commissions on
172 I,III| had two hundred thousand francs of mine," said Cesar. "As
173 I,IV | haf one hundert tousant francs, Matame de Nucingen, so
174 I,IV | the porter, slipping ten francs~into his hand, to put him
175 I,IV | want?"~ ~"Thirty thousand francs."~ ~"Are the chimney-bricks
176 I,IV | ought to have done a million francs' worth of business by this~
177 I,IV | Only twenty thousand francs. Monsieur gave orders to
178 I,IV | amount of thirty thousand francs cash, payable on the~15th."~ ~"
179 I,IV | acceptances for fifty thousand francs, and I will get~them discounted
180 I,IV | again. There's a thousand francs;~just let me take it in
181 I,IV | One hundred thousand francs for~five sous! or five sous
182 I,IV | sous for a hundred thousand francs! gold mines!~coal mines!'
183 I,IV | note for twelve hundred francs?" said Molineux, with mocking~
184 I,IV | have not twelve~hundred francs to pay me on the 15th, do
185 I,IV | note for fifty thousand francs on my share of the~profits;
186 I,IV | least three hundred thousand francs before~you could borrow
187 I,V | enough to pay forty~thousand francs in three months. The known
188 I,V | rather lose forty thousand francs~than lose Cesarine. At this
189 I,V | amount~of fifty thousand francs, and ran from the Rue des
190 I,V | We must do~business with francs, not feelings. All this
191 I,V | a note of~twelve hundred francs!--your ball, given to conceal
192 I,V | for those~fifty thousand francs? Twenty thousand at the
193 I,V | me to make up a thousand francs; which I send herewith,
194 I,V | return the~four hundred francs Madame de Listomere has
195 I,V | de Tours.~ ~ ~"A thousand francs!" cried Madame Birotteau.~ ~"
196 I,V | that your hundred thousand francs deposited with Roguin had~
197 I,V | hundred and forty thousand francs for~which notes were given
198 I,V | obligations, forty thousand francs which you can, sooner or
199 I,V | eighteen hundred thousand francs, on a third floor of this~
200 I,V | earn~nearly ten thousand francs a year. In ten years you
201 I,V | pay off a~hundred thousand francs, for you shall not use a
202 I,V | will have fifteen hundred francs a year from me~for their
203 I,V | I am in for ten thousand francs," said du Tillet; "he asked
204 I,V | ask me for fifdy tousand francs. I should haf gif dem to
205 I,V | lost his hundred~thousand francs with Roguin, but he wouldn'
206 I,V | here, for my two thousand~francs. Who ever heard of mayors
207 I,V | mouth. Yes, my nuts and my~francs, picked up by the sweat
208 I,V | two thousand five hundred francs,--all the functions in the~
209 I,V | salary of three thousand francs from one of the largest
210 I,V | gave her three thousand francs a year, her board, and his
211 I,VI | sous, or~fifty thousand francs. This assembly, in which
212 I,VI | about three hundred~thousand francs. We shall thus get about
213 I,VI | cost nearly sixty thousand francs, and at that time the assets
214 I,VI | hundred and a few thousand~francs. There is cause to arraign
215 I,VI | Birotteau for seventy~thousand francs. All Cesar's rights in the
216 I,VI | of forty-eight thousand francs. The business of~"The Queen
217 I,VI | at fifty-seven~thousand francs, with the lease, the fixtures,
218 I,VI | and ninety-five thousand francs, to which the assignees~
219 I,VI | and fifty-five thousand~francs. The debts amounted to four
220 I,VI | Fifty-seven thousand francs for 'The Queen of Roses'!
221 I,VI | would still be ten thousand francs~worth of property in the
222 I,VI | ever want a few thousand~francs, you will always find them
223 I,VII| amounted to twenty thousand francs. I have~received thirty
224 I,VII| therefore fifty thousand francs to divide among your creditors.~
225 I,VII| received thirty thousand francs for his dividend,~and you
226 I,VII| I demand sixty thousand~francs for it, and I shall not
227 I,VII| less."~ ~"Sixty thousand francs!" exclaimed du Tillet, making
228 I,VII| cost me~three thousand francs a year to get other buildings.
229 I,VII| Therefore, sixty~thousand francs, or say no more about it,"
230 I,VII| make three~hundred thousand francs out of /your/ land, and
231 I,VII| refuses /us/ sixty~thousand francs' indemnity for /our/ lease."~ ~"
232 I,VII| That is three thousand francs a year," said du Tillet.~ ~"
233 I,VII| Tillet.~ ~"Three--thousand--francs!" said Madame Cesar, slowly,
234 I,VII| France for sixty thousand~francs."~ ~Popinot looked at Madame
235 I,VII| hundred~and forty-two thousand francs; half of that is one hundred
236 I,VII| the forty-eight thousand francs which I paid to Monsieur~
237 I,VII| and thirty-three thousand francs."~ ~Madame Cesar listened
238 I,VII| hundred and sixty-one thousand~francs. Our uncle will not refuse
239 I,VII| business for a hundred thousand francs, and that will give you
240 I,VII| robbed us of~three thousand francs."~ ~"I was sure of it!"
241 I,VII| the desk three~thousand francs,--the price of that cashmere
242 I,VII| secretary, putting six thousand francs into the hand of the poor~
243 I,VII| reinstated. You~take six thousand francs from the king, and you won'
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