Part, Chapter
1 I,I | of an honest~woman, isn't it pitiable? His business
2 I,I | shawl. But perhaps it isn't doing well? Bah! I should
3 I,I | is no harm in that. Didn't we sell five thousand francs'
4 I,I | Besides, a deputy mayor couldn't kill himself; he knows the~
5 I,I | too well for that. Didn't he tell Madame Roguin that
6 I,I | as he is, though he doesn't know why, he can't~froth
7 I,I | doesn't know why, he can't~froth up his religion. Poor
8 I,I | asleep," she said, "she won't hear us. Come, Birotteau,~
9 I,I | hein? Do you think I~don't love my country? I wish
10 I,I | Saint-Roch in Vendemiaire: isn't it something to have borne
11 I,I | the fire gets burned,--isn't that~true? Politics burn
12 I,I | and the investment won't hamper our property.~Take
13 I,I | Les Tresorieres,' wouldn't you have been half sick
14 I,I | poor~dog in his kennel. Isn't it much better to come and
15 I,I | as close as a snail, won't~sell a hundred thousand
16 I,I | worth of land Xandrot can't be a~notary, for Roguin'
17 I,I | as plain as day,~wouldn't it shut your mouth?"~ ~"
18 I,I | Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"You don't understand business, my
19 I,I | some~plot which you don't perceive; you are too upright
20 I,I | means; and if your oil doesn't succeed, if you don't make
21 I,I | doesn't succeed, if you don't make the money,~if the value
22 I,I | the value of the land can't be realized, how will you
23 I,I | no ambition! If it hadn't been for your~perpetual
24 I,I | both ends meet. I shouldn't be a distinguished~merchant,
25 I,I | I have education; we don't know how to talk,~nor to
26 I,I | want to crush others? Isn't our~present fortune enough
27 I,I | underhand look which I~don't like; he hides some secret
28 I,I | can be sure that he won't~kick over the traces when
29 I,I | fifteen years, and I wouldn't put my hand into the fire
30 I,I | mistresses who ruin him; I don't see any other cause for
31 I,I | John; and then, as they can't do without luxury, they~
32 I,I | friendship. If he doesn't know~how to judge du Tillet
33 I,I | of du~Tillet. Well, I don't look for any good in a man
34 I,I | value of a louis, wouldn't you~feel bound to tell him
35 I,I | if it were~necessary. Can't they say the same of me?
36 I,I | earned your fortune, didn't you? It is yours, and you
37 I,I | of her~lover; pretty, isn't it? The safest speculations
38 I,I | get hair, if~they haven't any. For some time past
39 I,I | with women, and~women don't like bald-heads; hey! hey!
40 I,I | repeat it. Mon Dieu! I can't sleep.~Hey! luckily little
41 I,I | been too kind to him. Isn't it odd, wife,~that we are
42 I,I | a father to him; you don't know all I did for him."~ ~"
43 I,I | du~Tillet alone."~ ~"Won't it seem strange if I exclude
44 I,II | Queen of Roses.' Larks don't fall~down roasted; you must
45 I,III| boy, that's not it. I don't say that my head-piece isn'
46 I,III| say that my head-piece isn't~as good as another's; but
47 I,III| your heart in hand, and don't let us talk any~more about
48 I,III| in the Indies. Now, isn't it much better~to supply
49 I,III| or my Lotion.~But I don't intend to work it myself.
50 I,III| was my~motto. If you don't win my daughter, at least
51 I,III| obtain the other."~ ~"I can't prevent you from hoping,
52 I,III| are queer; still, I~don't think that Cesarine--And
53 I,III| is no happiness that won't give way~under poverty.
54 I,IV | not made of money. I don't~know that my architect can
55 I,IV | that costs money, and I don't want to ruin myself."~ ~"
56 I,IV | lose on them."~ ~"I don't know those signatures,"
57 I,IV | peddlers."~ ~"Well, I won't say that I will take all;
58 I,IV | repaid in four months--~don't throw me into the hands
59 I,IV | young man; "but as I don't know how to deal with a~
60 I,IV | Must that be used?"~ ~"Don't be worried--I will find
61 I,IV | oil in the paint. But don't let yourself be~taken in
62 I,IV | things~in my head that I can't think of my stomach. Do
63 I,IV | may live or die, and I can't run after~anybody to get
64 I,IV | own cost, in masonry. Don't fear,--I shall ask you no~
65 I,IV | said the virago. "I don't trouble the mayor,~or bother
66 I,IV | as I choose. If they don't like it, they can snake
67 I,IV | your name, my lad? Haven't seen you about~before, have
68 I,IV | nice enough,~but you don't please me all that! If you
69 I,IV | at twenty francs. I don't want to send away a deputy-mayor,--~
70 I,IV | those nuts; heavy,~aren't they? Less than fifty to
71 I,IV | monsieur the~mayor; don't bear me a grudge. But if
72 I,IV | them too cheap, and I don't~want to lose the discount.
73 I,IV | said Madame Madou; "can't~make a fool of him! It is
74 I,V | outside of~your business. Won't the business suffer? However,
75 I,V | the business; lands can't fly away. We are getting~
76 I,V | bring in a~rent. We can't really lose anything. There
77 I,V | nose; and like men who can't have~women, he is furious
78 I,V | you know, and I shouldn't like--"~ ~"You don't surely
79 I,V | shouldn't like--"~ ~"You don't surely give in to such superstitions?"~ ~"
80 I,V | went down stairs, "I don't believe he would have his
81 I,V | only shows that there~can't be a perfect man."~ ~"Three
82 I,V | an idea--"~ ~"Papa, I don't know what you are talking
83 I,V | He knows something, doesn't he?" said Cesar, looking
84 I,V | will be ridiculous. You don't know~how queer the public
85 I,V | queer the public is; you can't go and tell it--"~ ~"That
86 I,V | why do they sell--"~ ~"Don't be frightened," said Vauquelin,
87 I,V | preserves the hair: they don't know~that whale-oil is just
88 I,V | divine--"~ ~"Divine! oh, don't say that, Monsieur Vauquelin."~ ~"
89 I,V | exclaimed Birotteau, "you can't prevent our loving you,~
90 I,V | Birotteau'; or, if you don't want to give your name to
91 I,V | should be lost. If we didn't put some scent and the name~
92 I,VI | for not liking wit, won't believe in~it; impossible
93 I,VI | sells itself in~fact: he won't believe in anything but
94 I,VI | capable man, no fool,--I~don't consort with fools, except
95 I,VI | guard in the shop. We can't go through our own~door;
96 I,VI | sauntering on the boulevard; didn't I, Mimi?"~ ~"Claparon,"
97 I,VI | enough of politics,' etc. Don't gorge~yourself at every
98 I,VI | dignity of a millionaire. Don't shovel in your snuff like
99 I,VI | risky, unsettled. Now, don't go beyond that, and~mind
100 I,VI | you specify nothing. Don't sing those songs of Beranger
101 I,VI | Beranger at table;~and don't get fuddled. If you are
102 I,VI | its own engineers; you~can't get a finger in the matter
103 I,VI | harm~in the world! It won't take in the political question
104 I,VI | night. I wish they didn't. I have put my eyes out~
105 I,VI | cried Gaudissart, "don't forget him. Finot loves~
106 I,VI | the newspapers. But don't~play double; if you do I'
107 I,VI | said Gaudissart, "you don't know the provincials; there'
108 I,VI | said Finot, "and we haven't got a glass!"~ ~"The uncle
109 I,VI | him dead-~drunk! You don't know what it is, Finot,
110 I,VII| hence he and his family won't~have bread to eat. Marry
111 I,VII| civility.~ ~"Now we mustn't forget any body," said Birotteau.~ ~"
112 I,VII| said Constance, "they won't forget it. Madame~Derville,
113 I,VII| Cesar!" said Constance, "don't send a single invitation~
114 I,VII| Lenoncourt?~You surely don't mean to invite the two Messieurs
115 I,VII| Seine; he'll come or he won't come, but any way he commands
116 I,VII| but never mind, we can't dispense with her. Monsieur~
117 I,VII| first wife."~ ~"Cesar, don't forget that little Horace
118 I,VII| Celestin--"~ ~"Papa, don't forget Monsieur Andoche
119 I,VII| matter of form,--he won't come."~ ~"Yes, he will,
120 I,VII| said Cesar.~ ~"Oh! and don't forget the sister-in-law
121 I,VII| the~refreshments.~ ~"Don't be worried," said Cesar
122 I,VII| author, peer of France! Don't forget to~address him as,
123 I,VII| we walk~out together, won't they present arms?"~ ~"Yes,
124 I,VII| Roguin to his wife, "it won't last long; you will~soon
125 I,VII| saying to her husband: "Don't fling yourself upon the~
126 I,VII| Birotteau.~ ~"I hope they won't break anything," said Constance
127 I,I | this request, but I don't wish to go to the usurers.~
128 I,I | The squandering hussy hasn't a~farthing left; they sold
129 I,I | notary! Madame Roguin won't have~a penny, except by
130 I,I | francs. The lender hadn't the money ready, you never~
131 I,I | the end. This trouble won't last; Monsieur Anselme will~
132 I,I | He~who signs, pays. I don't wish to be liable to pay
133 I,I | supposed for Claparon. Don't you see~that if I endorse
134 I,I | foresee everything; you can't be surprised that I should
135 I,I | pay the~sellers. We won't speak now of the two hundred
136 I,I | quite another thing! He won't~palaver; he'll trust you
137 I,I | Monsieur Birotteau won't die of it," said Claparon; "
138 I,I | off with my money, I sha'n't be such a fool as~to throw
139 I,I | for himself that he~won't be the slave of his last
140 I,I | to satisfy Roguin's,~isn't it our own fault? Why didn'
141 I,I | our own fault? Why didn't we distrust a notary who
142 I,I | of the country. I sha'n't commit such~a stupid blunder
143 I,I | though of course he can't count on what Roguin has
144 I,II | case go by default. We can't always get on as we wish,"
145 I,II | slap-dash judgments, which~can't be appealed, and which would
146 I,II | matter can be arranged; don't doubt~my desire to be of
147 I,III| to double our capital won't do for us; it is~better
148 I,III| soul, nor honor! You don't know what they are~capable
149 I,III| Tillet, jestingly, "don't you call that a~feather
150 I,III| returned Cesar. "Why don't you buy your~perfumery from
151 I,III| resumed~Birotteau, "don't do things by halves."~ ~"
152 I,III| gone."~ ~"Birotteau, don't go out; I want to speak
153 I,III| You are all upset; you don't go to the~manufactory any
154 I,III| lad! we get up early, don't we?" he remarked.~ ~"No,
155 I,III| remarked.~ ~"No, for we don't always go to bed," said
156 I,III| the deputy-mayor.~ ~"Haven't you read them?"~ ~"No."~ ~"
157 I,III| little nut-cracker which isn't to be sneezed at, I can
158 I,III| Madame Birotteau.~ ~"I don't know," answered Popinot. "
159 I,III| the family as~well. Isn't it so?"~ ~Cesarine pressed
160 I,IV | said du Tillet. "Haven't you some interest in this~
161 I,IV | with documents; "they don't leave me a poor miserable
162 I,IV | moment to~myself! I don't receive people except on
163 I,IV | you at any time. I haven't a moment to love or~to loaf;
164 I,IV | sick of business; I don't want to~talk about business;
165 I,IV | about the~Madeleine don't amount to anything; we are
166 I,IV | and at Tivoli, we shouldn't be, as that fat Nucingen
167 I,IV | a thing.~Pr-r-r! We don't play low, my good fellow,"
168 I,IV | Tell the clerks that I can't see any one,--not even Nucingen,
169 I,IV | with you," he began; "don't~you think you ought to write
170 I,IV | his share is ours now. Don't be worried, old fellow,~
171 I,IV | wine? The capital doesn't concern~me one atom; pay
172 I,IV | me one atom; pay or don't pay, I sha'n't make faces
173 I,IV | pay or don't pay, I sha'n't make faces at you. I'm only~
174 I,IV | I manage the~owners. Don't you understand? You have
175 I,IV | capacities.~Go in with us; don't potter with pomatum and
176 I,IV | Claparon,--"commerce which won't be~developed for ten years
177 I,IV | the man of genius who hasn't a sou--like all men of genius.~
178 I,IV | good fellow,~and you haven't the loins to run out again.
179 I,IV | hat-box, your socks (don't you go in~for ribbed socks?),
180 I,IV | quarrelled so that we don't speak to each other, you
181 I,IV | ball you gave us. I can't stand his impudent airs--
182 I,IV | if I~wanted them; I sha'n't respect him any the more
183 I,IV | tool of old Gobseck, he won't be allowed to go far.~Gobseck
184 I,IV | has gone up. If you don't pay me on the 15th, a little
185 I,V | about to undertake. Don't leave your shop to-morrow,
186 I,V | Monsieur Pillerault; but I don't want bars~of gold, I want
187 I,V | and condemning."~ ~"Don't trust people unless they
188 I,V | zenting Pirodot to me. I don't~know," he added, addressing
189 I,V | with Roguin, but he wouldn't have failed. He will go~
190 I,V | through the quarter. I don't know what that poor~devil
191 I,V | with a broken leg. He isn't a man, he has got no force."~ ~
192 I,V | robbing the people? If you don't pay~me I'll send you to
193 I,V | justice shall~be done! I won't leave this place till I'
194 I,V | angel," she said, "and don't smirch the~names of the
195 I,V | will hound~me down. I can't get any money for ten months
196 I,V | cent."~ ~"Hey! if it isn't the worthy Pere Pillerault!
197 I,V | honest people,~and I sha'n't lose my money, shall I?
198 I,V | strength to bear adversity. Don't cry, dear~mother; I am ready
199 I,VI | retired.~ ~"Well! that wasn't the ocean to drink," said
200 I,VII| soul!" she cried. "I didn't recognize you,~you have
201 I,VII| turned so gray. Yet you don't really drudge, you people;~
202 I,VII| madame--"~ ~"Never mind, I don't mean it as a reproach,"
203 I,VII| in full."~ ~"Then I won't deny you the pleasure,"
204 I,VII| from the king, and you won't accept anything~from your
205 I,VII| said Cesar; "but that won't keep me from saving up everything
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