"Just get that into the electors' heads!" said Bixiou.

"Some one has undertaken to do it."
"Who?"

"Time. As the Bishop of Leon said, 'Liberty is ancient, but kingship
is eternal; any nation in its right mind returns to monarchical

government in one form or another.' "
"I say, there was somebody next door," said Finot, hearing us

rise to go.
"There always is somebody next door," retorted Bixiou. "But he must

have been drunk."
PARIS, November 1837.

ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Aiglemont, General, Marquis Victor d'
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

A Woman of Thirty
Beaudenord, Godefroid de

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
The Ball at Sceaux

Bidault (known as Gigonnet)
The Government Clerks

Gobseck
The Vendetta

Cesar Birotteau
A Daughter of Eve

Bixiou, Jean-Jacques
The Purse

A Bachelor's Establishment
The Government Clerks

Modeste Mignon
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

The Muse of the Department
Cousin Betty

The Member for Arcis
Beatrix

A Man of Business
Gaudissart II.

The Unconscious Humorists
Cousin Pons

Blondet, Emile
Jealousies of a Country Town

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

Modeste Mignon
Another Study of Woman

The Secrets of a Princess
A Daughter of Eve

The Peasantry
Claparon, Charles

A Bachelor's Establishment
Cesar Birotteau

Melmoth Reconciled
A Man of Business

The Middle Classes
Cochin, Emile-Louis-Lucien-Emmanuel

Cesar Birotteau
The Government Clerks

The Middle Classes
Cochin, Adolphe

Cesar Birotteau
Cointet, Boniface

Lost Illusions
The Member for Arcis

Couture
Beatrix

The Middle Classes
Desroches (son)

A Bachelor's Establishment
Colonel Chabert

A Start in Life
A Woman of Thirty

The Commission in Lunacy
The Government Clerks

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

A Man of Business
The Middle Classes

Falleix, Martin
The Government Clerks

Finot, Andoche
Cesar Birotteau

A Bachelor's Establishment
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
The Government Clerks

A Start in Life
Gaudissart the Great

Gobseck, Esther Van
Gobseck

A Bachelor's Establishment
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

Grandet, Victor-Ange-Guillaume
Eugenie Grandet

Grandet, Charles
Eugenie Grandet

Matifat (wealthy druggist)
Cesar Birotteau

A Bachelor's Establishment
Lost Illusions

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Cousin Pons

Matifat, Madame
Cesar Birotteau

Matifat, Mademoiselle
Pierrette

Minard, Auguste-Jean-Francois
The Government Clerks

The Middle Classes
Nucingen, Baron Frederic de

Father Goriot
Pierrette

Cesar Birotteau
Lost Illusions

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

Another Study of Woman
The Secrets of a Princess

A Man of Business
Cousin Betty

The Muse of the Department
The Unconscious Humorists

Nucingen, Baronne Delphine de
Father Goriot

The Thirteen
Eugenie Grandet

Cesar Birotteau
Melmoth Reconciled

Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

The Commission in Lunacy
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

Modeste Mignon
Another Study of Woman

A Daughter of Eve
The Member for Arcis

Palma (banker)
Cesar Birotteau

Gobseck
Lost Illusions

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
The Ball at Sceaux

Rastignac, Eugene de
Father Goriot

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

The Ball at Sceaux
The Interdiction

A Study of Woman
Another Study of Woman

The Magic Skin
The Secrets of a Princess

A Daughter of Eve
The Gondreville Mystery

Cousin Betty
The Member for Arcis

The Unconscious Humorists
Taillefer, Jean-Frederic

Father Goriot
The Magic Skin

The Red Inn
Tillet, Ferdinand du

Cesar Birotteau
The Middle Classes

A Bachelor's Establishment
Pierrette

Melmoth Reconciled
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

The Secrets of a Princess
A Daughter of Eve

The Member for Arcis
Cousin Betty

The Unconscious Humorists
Toby (Joby, Paddy)

The Secrets of a Princess
Werbrust

Cesar Birotteau
End

• bishop [´biʃəp] n.主教 (初中英语单词)
• eternal [i´tə:nəl] a.永远的；永恒的 (初中英语单词)
• hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)
• marquis [´mɑ:kwis] n.侯爵 (高中英语单词)
• distinguished [di´stiŋgwiʃt] a.卓越的，著名的 (高中英语单词)
• unconscious [ʌn´kɔnʃəs] a.无意识的；不觉察的 (高中英语单词)
• commission [kə´miʃən] n.委任(状) vt.委任 (高中英语单词)
• victor [´viktə] n.&a.胜利者(的) (英语四级单词)
• provincial [prə´vinʃəl] a.省的 n.外省人 (英语四级单词)