Part, Chapter
1 I,I | plays in human thought.~ ~Madame Birotteau now passed through
2 I,I | for that. Didn't he tell Madame Roguin that he had never~
3 I,I | misfortunes and~exaggerate them? Madame Birotteau suddenly saw a
4 I,I | prodigiously silly that Madame Birotteau began~to laugh.~ ~"
5 I,I | got in your~head," replied Madame Birotteau opening the ashes
6 I,I | yesterday."~ ~"Oh! then," said Madame Birotteau, much moved, "
7 I,I | and your lady's-maid~(yes, Madame, you are to have one!) will
8 I,I | hundred thousand francs?" said Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"You don't
9 I,I | found out my wakefulness, Madame! For three months the success~
10 I,I | gratitude to~Monsieur and Madame Ragon by setting up their
11 I,I | constant an attachment that Madame Birotteau was inwardly touched,~
12 I,I | spends on his~pleasures, and Madame on hers. Is that the life
13 I,I | position as notaries," said Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"Well, my conscience
14 I,II | shop-boy with Monsieur and Madame Ragon, perfumers. Cesar
15 I,II | instruction. Monsieur and Madame Ragon spoke to him like
16 I,II | complain of Monsieur and~Madame Ragon, who left her nothing
17 I,II | from that time Monsieur and Madame Ragon made a practice of
18 I,II | in the garret,~nursed by Madame Ragon, and happily forgotten.
19 I,II | 18th Brumaire, Monsieur and Madame Ragon, despairing of the~
20 I,II | honeymoon that~was never to end. Madame Cesar appeared to advantage
21 I,II | sales, and the beautiful Madame Birotteau became a topic
22 I,II | trembled~as before.~ ~In 1810 Madame Cesar, foreseeing a rise
23 I,II | interrupt. Monsieur and~Madame Ragon, their predecessors,
24 I,II | Popinot the judge,~brother of Madame Ragon, Chiffreville of the
25 I,II | Chiffreville, Monsieur and Madame Cochin, employed in the
26 I,II | the outward sign. As for Madame Birotteau,~having measured
27 I,II | word about her husband.~Madame Birotteau alone had the
28 I,II | Tartuffe. He paid court to Madame Cesar, tried to~seduce her,
29 I,II | a neighbor. In spite of Madame~Birotteau's caution, du
30 I,II | should he lay the~blame? Madame Birotteau never left her
31 I,II | some old louis d'or which Madame Cesar had taken only a few
32 I,II | days~before from a bride, Madame d'Espart.~ ~"Have you been
33 I,II | leaving Birotteau, he spoke of~Madame Cesar in a way to make people
34 I,II | of the~period. Thanks to Madame Roguin, whom he had known
35 I,II | to be made. Monsieur and Madame Birotteau were therefore
36 I,II | invitations of the mayor. Madame Birotteau frequently~took
37 I,II | for his daughter.~ ~As for Madame Cesar, then thirty-seven
38 I,III| sketch his profile here. Madame Ragon was a~Popinot. She
39 I,III| leaving to the care of Madame Ragon and his brother~an
40 I,III| birth. To give him a~trade, Madame Ragon placed her nephew
41 I,III| succeed," Cesar would say to Madame~Ragon, as he praised Anselme'
42 I,III| relation of Monsieur le Duc and Madame la Duchesse de Lenoncourt,~
43 I,III| to her niece in Touraine, Madame de~Mortsauf, all her perfumery.
44 I,III| historians of the social kingdom. Madame Cesar had~guessed the secret
45 I,III| consequences of such an agreement. Madame Roguin thus~became sovereign
46 I,III| existing between Monsieur and Madame Roguin. He had come~there
47 I,III| there not so much to seduce Madame Cesar as to obtain the offer
48 I,III| mistress, and husband. Madame Roguin, when told of a~disaster
49 I,III| Du Tillet's relations to~Madame Roguin then became such
50 I,III| return~of Louis XVIII., Madame Roguin was worth two hundred
51 I,III| On his return he found Madame Roguin faithful to him.
52 I,III| were profitable to none but Madame Roguin and du~Tillet, Roguin
53 I,III| morning. The suspicions of Madame Cesar were justified.~ ~*****~ ~
54 I,IV | the architect.~ ~"Oh, no, madame; six thousand francs at
55 I,IV | rough guess!" exclaimed Madame Birotteau. "Monsieur, I
56 I,IV | him time to reflect."~ ~"Madame, monsieur the deputy-mayor
57 I,IV | Queen of Roses."~ ~"Ah! madame, do you think an architect
58 I,IV | advantage of their weakness.~ ~Madame Birotteau followed the architect
59 I,IV | sorcery.~ ~"Do not be afraid, madame, I shall carry nothing off,"
60 I,IV | He looked again and~saw Madame Roguin, and the presence
61 I,IV | the arm:--~ ~"Monsieur, madame does not wish you to go
62 I,IV | only to be had of a~certain Madame Angelique Madou, living
63 I,IV | retail~in the markets.~ ~Madame Madou, formerly a fish-woman,
64 I,IV | that?"~ ~"Hey! the dear Madame Madou."~ ~"What's the price
65 I,IV | knows what he's about," said Madame Madou; "can't~make a fool
66 I,V | was the sole~relation of Madame Birotteau, and had centred
67 I,V | hat-stand~outside the door. Madame Vaillant brushed and cleaned
68 I,V | his prison. The~bearing of Madame Cesar, who replied to the
69 I,V | enterprise; for~in ordinary times Madame Cesar, delighted with the
70 I,V | which he had taken from Madame Madou and carefully preserved.~ ~
71 I,V | wounded me in the~thigh; and Madame Ragon nursed me. Take courage!
72 I,VI | nuts. While waiting~for Madame Madou's porters, Popinot
73 I,VI | but the rest of us--"~ ~"Madame, commerce ought to shine
74 I,VI | Madeleine, Monsieur and Madame Ragon, and uncle~Pillerault
75 I,VI | Carminative Balm," whispered Madame Cesar to Madame Ragon, not
76 I,VI | whispered Madame Cesar to Madame Ragon, not sharing~the intoxication
77 I,VI | intoxication of her husband.~ ~Madame Ragon, a tall woman, dry
78 I,VI | happy, dear child," said Madame Ragon to Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"
79 I,VI | child," said Madame Ragon to Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"Yes, indeed,"
80 I,VI | kerchief~/a la Julie/ which Madame Ragon wore.~ ~"Cesarine
81 I,VI | Come here, my love," said Madame Ragon, in her~shrill voice
82 I,VI | nephew?" said Pillerault to Madame Ragon.~ ~"Shall we not see
83 I,VI | Cesarine.~ ~"No, my love," said Madame Ragon; "Anselme, dear boy,
84 I,VI | precautions, Monsieur and Madame Ragon,~people of old-fashioned
85 I,VI | little education," whispered Madame Ragon to~Cesarine.~ ~Monsieur
86 I,VI | honorable," he said, stooping to~Madame Ragon's ear.~ ~"Something
87 I,VI | Roguin; "we are all~alone."~ ~Madame Ragon, Cesarine, and Constance
88 I,VI | Here the flowers in Madame Ragon's cap skipped like
89 I,VI | present at our ball?"~said Madame Cesar.~ ~"To pass an evening
90 I,VI | pass an evening with you, Madame, I would sacrifice the making
91 I,VII| Pillerault, Monsieur and Madame Ragon, and Monsieur Roguin
92 I,VII| Roguin, placed opposite to Madame~Ragon, near whom Cesarine
93 I,VII| I not hope that you and Madame Popinot will do us the~honor
94 I,VII| eager attentions alarmed Madame~Birotteau, and day by day
95 I,VII| they won't forget it. Madame~Derville, who never called
96 I,VII| down Monsieur le Duc and Madame la~Duchesse de Lenoncourt--"~ ~"
97 I,VII| Monsieur le Comte and Madame la Comtesse de Fontaine,
98 I,VII| what the weather is," said Madame~Cesar. "If she comes, it
99 I,VII| Cesarine. Monsieur le Comte and Madame la Comtesse de~Grandville,
100 I,VII| the Protez;~Monsieur and Madame Popinot, judge of the Lower
101 I,VII| the Seine;~Monsieur and Madame Thirion, gentleman-usher
102 I,VII| of Popinot. Monsieur~and Madame Rabourdin, one of the under-secretaries
103 I,VII| of Matifat, and Monsieur, Madame, and~Mademoiselle Matifat
104 I,VII| invitations for~Monsieur and Madame Colleville, and Monsieur
105 I,VII| Colleville, and Monsieur and Madame Thuillier,~friends of theirs."~ ~"
106 I,VII| my broker, Monsieur~and Madame Jules Desmarets."~ ~"She
107 I,VII| Put down Monsieur and Madame Coquelin, the successors
108 I,VII| belong to it!~Monsieur and Madame Roguin."~ ~"Mamma, Madame
109 I,VII| Madame Roguin."~ ~"Mamma, Madame Roguin will wear her diamond
110 I,VII| Mechlin."~ ~"Monsieur and Madame Lebas," said Cesar; "also
111 I,VII| daughters; Monsieur and Madame Lourdois and their~daughter;
112 I,VII| his landlord; Monsieur and~Madame Camusot, the rich silk-merchants,
113 I,VII| sister-in-law of Monsieur Lebas, Madame~Augustine Sommervieux,"
114 I,VII| very good night to you,~Madame Cesar--Now, then," he added, "
115 I,VII| ever put them all?" said Madame Birotteau. "But,~anyhow,
116 I,VII| another. Not a soul--not Madame Birotteau,~nor Cesar himself--
117 I,VII| Cesarine. The "surprise" of Madame Birotteau to the new~chevalier
118 I,VII| after dinner, monsieur, madame, and~mademoiselle were to
119 I,VII| francs at Trudon's," said Madame Cesar, whose~murmurs were
120 I,VII| two bookcases. "If you or madame should~chance to be ill,
121 I,VII| Vauquelin."~ ~The bedroom of Madame Birotteau came next. The
122 I,VII| when,~re-entering her room, Madame Birotteau found upon her
123 I,VII| have no more fears," said Madame Birotteau.~ ~"That's right,"
124 I,VII| people. No attire ever suited Madame Cesar better than this~cherry-colored
125 I,VII| These people crush us," said Madame Roguin to her husband as
126 I,VII| appearing less beautiful than Madame~Cesar; for every woman knows
127 I,VII| scientific compliments.~ ~"Ah, madame, you possess a secret of
128 I,VII| Mademoiselle de Fontaine, Madame Jules,~and Madame Rabourdin,
129 I,VII| Fontaine, Madame Jules,~and Madame Rabourdin, whose beauty,
130 I,VII| more than~sixty years.~ ~Madame Matifat, wishing to give
131 I,VII| kept a mistress. Sometimes Madame Matifat, seeing~him about
132 I,VII| empire over~themselves. Thus Madame Rabourdin, Madame Jules,
133 I,VII| Thus Madame Rabourdin, Madame Jules, and Mademoiselle
134 I,VII| jealous, wondering eyes. Madame Roguin, Constance,~and Cesarine
135 I,VII| often give~us a ball?" said Madame Lebas.~ ~"What a charming
136 I,VII| this your own taste?" said Madame~Desmarets.~ ~Birotteau ventured
137 I,VII| to Roguin, was noticed by Madame~Birotteau, who could not
138 I,I | exclaimed the young notary. "Madame Roguin is not to be~counted
139 I,I | trust moneys of a notary! Madame Roguin won't have~a penny,
140 I,I | charity to go~before, and warn Madame Birotteau that her husband
141 I,I | clear we will try tonics."~ ~Madame Cesar passed two days at
142 I,II | say nothing indiscreet to Madame Birotteau.~ ~Popinot had
143 I,II | co-operation."~ ~A lady, Madame Keller, one of the two daughters
144 I,III| before he~went off; but Madame Roguin will pay them back
145 I,III| entered a bedroom, with which Madame Birotteau's compared like~
146 I,III| redolent of love than finance. Madame Roguin~had doubtless contributed,
147 I,III| about your /liaison/ with~Madame Roguin. The devil! taking
148 I,III| or of the other.~ ~"Oh! Madame Roguin!" said du Tillet,
149 I,III| Tillet, "I am afraid of Madame Cesar; she~always made an
150 I,III| flush of~happiness over, Madame Birotteau would have died
151 I,III| In the eyes of the clerks Madame Cesar governed~her husband;
152 I,III| by~Latour,--the father of Madame Ragon, a worthy, excellent
153 I,III| his glory. When~at home, Madame Ragon completed her natural
154 I,III| mellowness, and for certain of~Madame Anfoux's liqueurs, which
155 I,III| bent on making love to Madame Ragon, had~brought her from
156 I,III| Matifats, and the Abbe Loraux.~Madame Matifat, whom we lately
157 I,III| Cesarine was sure that Madame Ragon would place her beside
158 I,III| coquettishly lovely that Madame Matifat could not help~admitting
159 I,III| Neither Birotteau, his wife, Madame Matifat nor any of the others~
160 I,III| crime formerly unknown. Madame Ragon, at~the word Roguin,
161 I,III| made him a sign to remember Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"I know all,"
162 I,III| voice.~ ~"Well, then," said Madame Matifat to Birotteau, who
163 I,III| Shall we win?" asked Madame Birotteau.~ ~"I don't know,"
164 I,III| room hastily and went to Madame Ragon's bedchamber. Cesar~
165 I,III| Constance wept in the arms of Madame Ragon and her~daughter,
166 I,IV | rooms~which helped to make Madame Delphine de Nucingen famous
167 I,IV | delighted to take lessons from Madame Birotteau, for~Ferdinand--"~ ~"
168 I,IV | she inquired affably.~ ~"Madame, poor people, such as we
169 I,IV | was sumptuously served.~ ~"Madame la baronne, I came on business,
170 I,IV | doubtful, and~without bowing to Madame de Nucingen, or to de Marsay,
171 I,IV | gone into the country with Madame Roguin. He took~a cabriolet,
172 I,IV | told him that monsieur and~madame had started for Paris. Birotteau
173 I,IV | the handsome salon where~Madame Cesar was using all her
174 I,IV | looked at Pillerault.~ ~"Madame," he said, with the horrible
175 I,IV | Pillerault.~ ~Derville left, and Madame Cesar and Pillerault went
176 I,V | with convulsive force.~ ~Madame Cesar embraced him; Birotteau
177 I,V | broken by tears.~ ~I went to Madame de Listomere, and without
178 I,V | the~four hundred francs Madame de Listomere has lent me
179 I,V | thousand francs!" cried Madame Birotteau.~ ~"Put them away,"
180 I,V | salon and made a sign to Madame~Cesar to come down. On seeing
181 I,V | move him; though his niece,~Madame Saillard, offered to give
182 I,V | horrible morning, during which Madame Birotteau for the~first
183 I,V | light flashed suddenly, "madame, do me the honor to grant
184 I,V | strike the last blow?"~ ~Madame Birotteau let a sign of
185 I,V | Duchesse de Lenoncourt, Madame de Mortsauf,~Monsieur de
186 I,V | his way home, in search of Madame Madou, the vendor of~dried
187 I,V | business?"~ ~"So-so," said Madame Madou, respectfully, offering
188 I,V | account to-morrow morning."~ ~Madame Madou's eyes contracted
189 I,V | he has got no force."~ ~Madame Madou bore down, like an
190 I,V | the people you rob."~ ~"Madame," said Madame Birotteau,
191 I,V | you rob."~ ~"Madame," said Madame Birotteau, entering from
192 I,V | willingness to go to prison,--"madame, for heaven's sake do not~
193 I,V | articles.~ ~"Put that down, madame!" said Cesar, coming forward, "
194 I,V | keeping with his words that~Madame Madou's anger subsided.~ ~"
195 I,V | market-woman. "Excuse my words,~madame; but I may as well go and
196 I,V | to them himself. Despite Madame Birotteau's earnest~entreaties,
197 I,V | Monsieur de la Billardiere and Madame Cesar went up the~grand
198 I,V | bequeathed to ours, encouraged Madame Cesar. She was dignified,
199 I,V | Here is our support!"~ ~Madame Birotteau was not unknown
200 I,V | Comte de Fontaine, begging Madame Birotteau to wait their
201 I,V | Roses," and announced to Madame Birotteau that as soon~as
202 I,V | part of the task before Madame Birotteau. The~poor woman
203 I,V | she walked along she met Madame~Roguin in a brilliant equipage,
204 I,V | both master and mistress.~ ~Madame Cesar went from the "Chat-qui-pelote"
205 I,V | Cesar Birotteau's assets, Madame Birotteau, aided by~Celestin,
206 I,VI | Cesar did the same; so did Madame Birotteau. All~three, feeling
207 I,VII| restraint upon them," said Madame Ragon,~touched by the deep
208 I,VII| remarkable event. The greeting~of Madame Ragon was particularly impressive;
209 I,VII| Crottat, ready for~Lourdois, Madame Madou, the mason, carpenter,
210 I,VII| day Birotteau went to find Madame Madou.~ ~"Ah, there you
211 I,VII| share our breakfast," said Madame Lourdois.~ ~"You are doing
212 I,VII| man of honor."~ ~"What is Madame Birotteau doing?" asked
213 I,VII| Birotteau doing?" asked Madame Lourdois.~ ~"She is keeping
214 I,VII| Poor people!" said Madame Lourdois, in a low voice
215 I,VII| Birotteau's name was mentioned; Madame Cesar~heard it and came
216 I,VII| Monsieur," said Popinot to Madame Cesar, "is going to make
217 I,VII| thousand--francs!" said Madame Cesar, slowly, in a clear,~
218 I,VII| pale. Popinot looked at Madame Birotteau. There was a~moment
219 I,VII| francs."~ ~Popinot looked at Madame Cesar without concealing
220 I,VII| his cheque at a~high desk, Madame Cesar disappeared and went
221 I,VII| any longer. A look from~Madame Cesar was enough! What secret
222 I,VII| and went up to speak to~Madame Birotteau; she was not in
223 I,VII| he~therefore rushed up to Madame Cesar's appartement with
224 I,VII| thirty-three thousand francs."~ ~Madame Cesar listened with fluctuations
225 I,VII| restored--"~ ~"Restored!" cried Madame Cesar, falling on her knees
226 I,VII| The angelic attitude of Madame Cesar, the purity of her
227 I,VII| suffice--"~ ~"Stop!" said Madame Cesar, taking the letter
228 I,VII| tears into the eyes of both; Madame~Cesar raised him, stretched
229 I,VII| uncle's little appartement, Madame~Birotteau following. All
230 Add | Racket~ ~Camusot de Marville, Madame~The Vendetta~Jealousies
231 Add | Chiffreville, Monsieur and Madame~The Quest of the Absolute~ ~
232 Add | Crottat, Monsieur and Madame~Scenes from a Courtesan'
233 Add | Cousin Pons~ ~Derville, Madame~Gobseck~ ~Desmartes, Jules~
234 Add | The Thirteen~ ~Desmartes, Madame Jules~The Thirteen~ ~Finot,
235 Add | Racket~Cousin Betty~ ~Lebas, Madame Joseph (Virginie)~At the
236 Add | Nucingen~Cousin Pons~ ~Matifat, Madame~The Firm of Nucingen~ ~Matifat,
237 Add | Cousin Betty~ ~Popinot, Madame Anselme~A Prince of Bohemia~
238 Add | Pierrette~The Vendetta~ ~Roguin, Madame~At the Sign of the Cat and
239 Add | Daughter of Eve~ ~Saillard, Madame~The Government Clerks~ ~
240 Add | Government Clerks~ ~Sommervieux, Madame Theodore de (Augustine)~
241 Add | Unconscious Humorists~ ~Vaillant, Madame~Facino Cane~ ~Vandenesse,
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