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1 I,I | knows me: thanks to old Ragon. I furnish him~with the
2 I,I | Perfumer, Successor to Ragon,' and put simply,~'Perfumery'
3 I,I | he has gone into it with Ragon, with your uncle Pillerault,~
4 I,I | Pillerault and the worthy Ragon and myself.~Roguin will
5 I,I | gratitude to~Monsieur and Madame Ragon by setting up their nephew,
6 I,I | every Sunday? Is it~good old Ragon, our predecessor, who has
7 I,I | A shopkeeper like Pere Ragon,--be it said without~offence,
8 I,I | say the same of me? Would Ragon and Pillerault~come and
9 I,II | with Monsieur and Madame Ragon, perfumers. Cesar owned
10 I,II | instruction. Monsieur and Madame Ragon spoke to him like a~dog.
11 I,II | complain of Monsieur and~Madame Ragon, who left her nothing to
12 I,II | time Monsieur and Madame Ragon made a practice of employing~
13 I,II | sweep in the shop~of citizen Ragon, Cesar Birotteau, promoted
14 I,II | The dignified citoyenne Ragon herself looked after his
15 I,II | of our history.~Monsieur Ragon, formerly perfumer to her
16 I,II | of royalty. When Monsieur Ragon saw that Cesar was well-~
17 I,II | garret,~nursed by Madame Ragon, and happily forgotten.
18 I,II | Brumaire, Monsieur and Madame Ragon, despairing of the~royal
19 I,II | good sense than ability. Ragon proposed the~affair to his
20 I,II | departure. Roguin, notary of Ragon, who had drawn up the~marriage
21 I,II | made him his friend. Like Ragon and Pillerault,~he had so
22 I,II | Birotteau, successor to Ragon,~former perfumer to the
23 I,II | interrupt. Monsieur and~Madame Ragon, their predecessors, the
24 I,II | judge,~brother of Madame Ragon, Chiffreville of the firm
25 I,II | was a nephew of Monsieur Ragon named Popinot, a~young man
26 I,II | bankrupts from Monsieur Ragon,~who in the course of his
27 I,II | himself, he will pay~you," Ragon would say. "If he is without
28 I,III| his profile here. Madame Ragon was a~Popinot. She had two
29 I,III| leaving to the care of Madame Ragon and his brother~an only
30 I,III| give him a~trade, Madame Ragon placed her nephew at "The
31 I,III| Cesar would say to Madame~Ragon, as he praised Anselme's
32 I,III| I have known your uncle Ragon thirty-five years. I went
33 I,V | in the~thigh; and Madame Ragon nursed me. Take courage!
34 I,VI | Madeleine, Monsieur and Madame Ragon, and uncle~Pillerault arrived
35 I,VI | whispered Madame Cesar to Madame Ragon, not sharing~the intoxication
36 I,VI | of her husband.~ ~Madame Ragon, a tall woman, dry and wrinkled,
37 I,VI | doubtless remember.~ ~The Sieur Ragon was a little man, not over
38 I,VI | dear child," said Madame Ragon to Madame~Birotteau.~ ~"
39 I,VI | a la Julie/ which Madame Ragon wore.~ ~"Cesarine is charming.
40 I,VI | here, my love," said Madame Ragon, in her~shrill voice and
41 I,VI | said Pillerault to Madame Ragon.~ ~"Shall we not see him?"
42 I,VI | No, my love," said Madame Ragon; "Anselme, dear boy, is
43 I,VI | before a notary," replied Ragon. "He took the place for~
44 I,VI | advance."~ ~"Well, Monsieur Ragon, are you satisfied with
45 I,VI | heart, Cesar," said little Ragon, taking Cesar's hands~and
46 I,VI | precautions, Monsieur and Madame Ragon,~people of old-fashioned
47 I,VI | education," whispered Madame Ragon to~Cesarine.~ ~Monsieur
48 I,VI | said, stooping to~Madame Ragon's ear.~ ~"Something may
49 I,VI | qualities," said~Pillerault to Ragon.~ ~"Let us read the deeds
50 I,VI | are all~alone."~ ~Madame Ragon, Cesarine, and Constance
51 I,VI | Here the flowers in Madame Ragon's cap skipped like young
52 I,VII| Pillerault, Monsieur and Madame Ragon, and Monsieur Roguin were~
53 I,VII| placed opposite to Madame~Ragon, near whom Cesarine was
54 I,VII| to the~king, friends of Ragon, and their daughter, who,
55 I,I | feline.~ ~Just at this moment Ragon and Pillerault came in.~ ~"
56 I,I | affair with the judge," said Ragon~in Cesar's ear; "he says
57 I,I | made no reply to~either Ragon or Lourdois.~ ~"Oh, a trifle.
58 I,I | warned you many times," cried Ragon; "a drowning man~will catch
59 I,I | attentive, Pillerault and Ragon listened as gravely as the
60 I,I | is quite right," said old Ragon.~ ~"All insolvents are suspicious
61 I,I | quarter of an hour," said Ragon, smiling.~ ~"It was a fine
62 I,I | friends, of Pillerault, Ragon,~everybody."~ ~The change
63 I,III| Sunday we dine at your aunt Ragon's," added Cesar, leaving
64 I,III| The Sunday dinner at the Ragon's was destined to be the
65 I,III| were full to overflowing. Ragon lived in the Rue du~Petit-Bourbon-Saint-Sulpice,
66 I,III| admirably~represented by Ragon himself. The furniture,
67 I,III| Latour,--the father of Madame Ragon, a worthy, excellent man,
68 I,III| glory. When~at home, Madame Ragon completed her natural self
69 I,III| on making love to Madame Ragon, had~brought her from the
70 I,III| expression of the worthy~Ragon) might have given points
71 I,III| Cesarine was sure that Madame Ragon would place her beside Anselme;~
72 I,III| formerly unknown. Madame Ragon, at~the word Roguin, touched
73 I,III| hastily and went to Madame Ragon's bedchamber. Cesar~during
74 I,III| wept in the arms of Madame Ragon and her~daughter, though
75 I,V | Here is my plan: Neither Ragon nor I am to be considered.~
76 I,VI | thinking and to that of Ragon, as hard to come out pure
77 I,VI | three solicitors, himself,~Ragon, the two assignees, and
78 I,VI | will be~there."~ ~Monsieur Ragon wished to accompany his
79 I,VI | coach with his uncle and Ragon. Precisely at half past
80 I,VI | in~Paris."~ ~Pillerault, Ragon, and Birotteau retired.~ ~"
81 I,VI | and see my nephew," said Ragon.~ ~A cruel pang shot through
82 I,VI | was naively~revealed, made Ragon shudder in spite of his
83 I,VII| upon them," said Madame Ragon,~touched by the deep grief
84 I,VII| The greeting~of Madame Ragon was particularly impressive;
85 I,VII| your creditors.~Monsieur Ragon has received thirty thousand
86 I,VII| not wear his cross?" said Ragon to the Abbe Loraux.~ ~The
87 I,VII| Camusot, the Abbe Loraux, Ragon, the head of the important~
88 I,VII| Camusot his former judge, Ragon, and Monsieur~l'Abbe Loraux
89 I,VII| Joseph Lebas,~Pillerault, and Ragon.~ ~"To your own home."~ ~"
90 I,VII| them enter,~followed by Ragon, was du Tillet.~ ~"Ah! my
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