Part, Chapter
1 I,I | counting-room, and a pretty little sanctum for you. I make~
2 I,I | Tresorieres,~that pretty little property near Chinon, where
3 I,I | your native place, my good little~cat, with our furniture,
4 I,I | buying Roguin's practice. Little Xandrot, as we call him,~
5 I,I | waist and~striking her with little taps, under an emotion of
6 I,I | understand business, my beloved little cat. I shall take~the hundred
7 I,I | Lombards,~where I shall put little Anselme. I shall pay my
8 I,I | wisely content with his little property, and spends his
9 I,I | property and be as naked as~the little Saint John; and then, as
10 I,I | He is intimate with that little scamp du Tillet, our former~
11 I,I | can't sleep.~Hey! luckily little Popinot has the finest head
12 I,I | should like to~meet that little scamp du Tillet, who swells
13 I,II | years the cook had fed her little Cesar well, and had~explained
14 I,II | furniture, the clothing he had little by~little got together.
15 I,II | clothing he had little by~little got together. Dressed like
16 I,II | cultivate Les Tresorieres, a little~property which, from the
17 I,II | The poor clerk had had little to~do to win the good graces
18 I,II | passers-by, and~absorbed in the little revolving world of the shop.
19 I,II | him~as her husband.~ ~"My little girl," said Monsieur Pillerault, "
20 I,II | fortune. Nevertheless, having little confidence in~his own lights,
21 I,II | Carminative Balm will disperse the little pimples which~appear inopportunely
22 I,II | household began to~taste the little joys of competence, and
23 I,II | defects contributed not a little to his reputation. Conscious
24 I,II | King of Lahore. But~the little retail merchant is ignorant
25 I,II | conduct contributed not a little to maintain the~respectful
26 I,II | each other's houses for little festivities, turn and turn
27 I,II | scolded Popinot and his little wife publicly, as if very
28 I,II | perhaps only a rocket a little~more continuing than the
29 I,III| Birotteau. Anselme Popinot was a little~fellow and club-footed,--
30 I,III| and Popinot was~loved. Little Popinot--everybody called
31 I,III| good and affectionate, a little shame-faced though~full
32 I,III| frustrated hopes, and he~found little difficulty in renouncing
33 I,III| gathered together quite a~little capital, which she gave
34 I,III| people realize to-day how little value the lands about the~
35 I,III| chanced to meet him, the little~gains that he was to get
36 I,III| are usually those who have~little time in Paris to make plans;
37 I,III| Birotteau turned to rejoin little Popinot, he felt a~fierce
38 I,III| the minutest details."~ ~Little Popinot kept his countenance
39 I,IV | take all, monsieur! I do so little in the way of~discount that
40 I,IV | credit; that is what kills us little~retailers."~ ~"Well, I'll
41 I,IV | worried--I will find room for a little porter's lodge. Your~house
42 I,IV | Billardiere to superintend our /little/ alteration."~ ~The perfumer
43 I,IV | take notice of the word /little/, putting his finger on
44 I,IV | incapacity of his mind, which had little~power to follow up the chain
45 I,IV | Molineux was a grotesque little man, living on his rents,--
46 I,IV | the unhappy man did so, little~Molineux thought night and
47 I,IV | The Cour Batave, where the little old man lived, is the product
48 I,IV | horse-hair.~The salon had little curtains of some old green-silk
49 I,IV | watching his~milk in a little metal heater on the edge
50 I,IV | coffee-grounds were boiling in a little brown earthenware jug from~
51 I,IV | Paris; but I have my own little customs,~I do my own business (
52 I,IV | personal safety."~ ~The little old man got up and fetched
53 I,IV | you are a tenant," said little Molineux, peremptorily,
54 I,IV | could not~keep from inviting little Molineux to the ball, who
55 I,IV | of which Paris knows as little as a man knows of what~is
56 I,IV | And how many~of the sweet little nuts may you want, my love?"~ ~"
57 I,V | though it was~not insensible. Little demonstrative, as was shown
58 I,V | his record. His neighbors,~little envious of such mediocrity,
59 I,V | stairs which led to the little~brown door of his uncle'
60 I,V | Pillerault tore a strip from a little~book, wrote down an amount,
61 I,V | trimmed his beard and seen little Popinot appear, who was~
62 I,V | thanks to your relation, little~Bianchon the medical student;
63 I,V | asked Vauquelin, looking at little Popinot, who~was amazed
64 I,V | analysis of~hair?" He took up a little paper. "I am about to read
65 I,V | of carbonate of lime, a little~silica, and a good deal
66 I,V | promptly administered a little kick on his heels.~ ~Vauquelin
67 I,V | benefactor."~ ~"Too much for so little," said Vauquelin, rather
68 I,V | kitchen, lighted from a little court, and~separated from
69 I,V | still wore the look of a little salon. During dinner Raguet,~
70 I,V | he told his~wife all the little events of the day, and related
71 I,V | suspicions.~ ~"Well, my little daughter," he said, "this
72 I,V | puny men, or between ugly little creatures and handsome men.
73 I,V | or personal~appearance. Little Popinot had far more reason
74 I,V | as they say, to~put the little pots in the big pots, for
75 I,VI | wary of human beings, the little provincial trader, had himself
76 I,VI | be running oil. He slept little, dreamed that his hair was~
77 I,VI | for glass cases for the little wax Jesus; and while I was~
78 I,VI | The Sieur Ragon was a little man, not over five feet
79 I,VI | pigeon-wings, divided by a little queue tied with a ribbon.
80 I,VI | reflected light, though of little account themselves.~ ~"Well,
81 I,VI | should~dine in a wretched little room on the /entresol/--"~ ~"
82 I,VI | you by heart, Cesar," said little Ragon, taking Cesar's hands~
83 I,VI | perfumer rushed headlong to~the little dark staircase, as much
84 I,VI | newly-fledged banker. "Talk as little as you~can," he said to
85 I,VI | Business has given him little education," whispered Madame
86 I,VI | compelled to dine in~this little room because we are preparing,
87 I,VI | Cinq-Diamants. This narrow little street, where loaded~wagons
88 I,VI | Popinot's choice of the little street a good one. The house,
89 I,VI | rooms~were three narrow little chambers pushed up against
90 I,VI | trace.~It suffices to wet a little sponge in the oil, and after
91 I,VI | high-class~politics and the little theatres in the government
92 I,VII| Though you care very little for the world, monsieur,"
93 I,VII| Cesar, don't forget that little Horace Bianchon, the nephew
94 I,VII| invitation that~the poor little woman has ordered my dressmaker
95 I,VII| embroidered all over it. A little more and she would have~
96 I,VII| Sommervieux," said Cesarine. "Poor little woman, she is so~delicate;
97 I,VII| child, had spent all her little~hoard, a hundred louis,
98 I,VII| a mirror door, a chaste little bed with simple~curtains,
99 I,VII| simple~curtains, and all the little trifles that young girls
100 I,VII| had exchanged bows with little Molineux, seated~himself
101 I,VII| manners of the great world,~little La Billardiere, a budding
102 I,VII| curiosity. We guess~at once the little tyrant of the Cour Batave,
103 I,VII| at~the tone in which the little old man had pronounced the
104 I,VII| thought du Tillet, "this little imp would~make an excellent
105 I,VII| not less, though~Cesar was little aware of it, than sixty
106 I,I | that of his new~landlord, little Molineux. Every one has
107 I,I | reminded of the impression the little skin-flint (a word of his~
108 I,I | Monsieur," said the little man, in his atrociously
109 I,I | guarantee the signatures on the little private deed."~ ~Birotteau
110 I,I | retired from business," said little Molineux, folding up his
111 I,I | noticed the mustachios and the little chin-tuft of the artist~
112 I,I | Cesar, exasperated by~his little loss, which sounded in his
113 I,I | contractors therefore had little trouble in seducing him.
114 I,I | commission, in notes; and little Molineux had just filled
115 I,I | Foy, Tanrade, and all the little~creditors who ought to be
116 I,I | I marry my~daughter to little Crottat; he wants money,
117 I,I | hastened to bring her father a little table with writing-~things
118 I,I | cent to the creditors, so little Crottat tells me. Besides~
119 I,I | be rather pinched,~with a little manipulation he will come
120 I,II | chimney-corner,~before a little round table on which stood
121 I,II | Quai des Morfondus for his little third~storey.~ ~"Well, uncle?"
122 I,II | restored Cesar's courage a little, and~he begged Derville
123 I,II | columns of a~newspaper with little facts and ready-made items
124 I,II | became editor-in-chief of a little journal~which he finally
125 I,II | said to his~daughter,--~ ~"Little Popinot is following in
126 I,II | turned round and made him a~little sign of attention, which
127 I,II | Keller seemed to care very little about the firm of Popinot;
128 I,III| dog!--he, du~Tillet!"~ ~A little tiger, about a thumb high,
129 I,III| and the end of his nose a little red. There~was no fire in
130 I,III| night, you would have seen a~little nut-cracker which isn't
131 I,III| Birotteau, laying his hand on little~Popinot's thick hair and
132 I,III| self-assurance of~Anselme as little as the dandy luxury of du
133 I,III| Tillet. "Anselme put on a~little stiff air when I patted
134 I,III| irretrievably any other man~than little Popinot.~ ~*****~ ~The Sunday
135 I,III| her natural self with a little King~Charles spaniel, which
136 I,III| effect as~it lay on the hard little sofa, rococo in shape, that
137 I,III| West Indies. Thus their little dinners were much~prized.
138 I,III| gauzy neckerchief to~show a little of Cesarine's shoulders
139 I,III| the young people in those little games called innocent because
140 I,IV | Ah, Grindot! that nice little architect who has just returned
141 I,IV | word.~ ~"Vill you gif oder little palls?" said the banker,
142 I,IV | business?"~ ~Delphine made a little sign of assent, saying to
143 I,IV | the~valet's hand. By such little sacrifices and great humiliations,
144 I,IV | you some interest in this~little Popinot, who has set up
145 I,IV | up the stairway~of a mean little /entresol/, at whose windows
146 I,IV | mean Gigonnet, that good little Gigonnet, easy-going--"~ ~"
147 I,IV | t pay me on the 15th, a little summons will be~served upon
148 I,IV | except in the~devotion of little Popinot, to whom his thoughts
149 I,IV | harassed,~preoccupied, pensive. Little Popinot, always busy, with
150 I,IV | Cesarine, sitting on a little stool~at her mother's feet,
151 I,V | at him like an~anathema, little Popinot had not had an hour'
152 I,V | wander; he became~like a little child. His wife thought
153 I,V | When you have overcome this little commercial~difficulty, keep
154 I,V | who consequently needs~but little money. Therefore, do not
155 I,V | calmly contemplated the little group where every eye was
156 I,V | his leg with the quaint little action of a cat~fearing
157 I,VI | side of their excellent little wives. This~may help a stranger
158 I,VI | who in consequence cares~little for him.~ ~The law requires
159 I,VI | the said attorney, making little out of it, prefers to manage~
160 I,VI | pushing the chariot of~his little fortunes, a long and costly
161 I,VI | provisional assignees make a~little report at the meeting, of
162 I,VI | dividend,--an~additional little failure which often occurs,
163 I,VI | commercial carcass to the little~jackal, that he might torment
164 I,VI | appointed the assignees, little Molineux~returned home "
165 I,VI | his forced conference~with little Molineux,--the being he
166 I,VI | the claims."~ ~"Oh," said little Molineux, "the claims are
167 I,VI | himself, this~ceremony is little feared. But to a man like
168 I,VI | an honorable~one. Caring little for his own gains, though
169 I,VI | made known the wish in his little dry~voice, his ex-successor
170 I,VI | saw Constance sitting~in a little office in the damp, dark /
171 I,VI | Cesar to Constance, "with a little help we might~have pulled
172 I,VI | carried her salary and her little earnings to her~uncle Pillerault.
173 I,VII| reward for its efforts at a little fete which~Pillerault, the
174 I,VII| with the Ragons,~hired a little country-house at Sceaux,
175 I,VII| enough to allow ourselves a~little pleasure now and then."~ ~"
176 I,VII| she said to Cesar with a little air of~confidence. "Be good
177 I,VII| re-entered the house,~even Cesar, little observing as he was, saw
178 I,VII| doing a fine~trade with your little red-head. He's a nice young
179 I,VII| and daughter."~ ~"Take a little more time," said others; "
180 I,VII| have my Cesarine. My~poor little wife shall not wear herself
181 I,VII| smiling.~ ~"Listen to a little secret," said Popinot, glancing
182 I,VII| walked out together into the little~courtyard.~ ~"Monsieur Birotteau,"
183 I,VII| antechamber of their uncle's little appartement, Madame~Birotteau
184 I,VII| troubles by letting that little Popinot drag a feather from
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