his coffees. There had been a dispute over each article, the first

indication in Gobseck of the childishness and incomprehensible
obstinacy of age, a condition of mind reached at last by all men in

whom a strong passion survives the intellect.
"I said to myself, as he had said, 'To whom will all these riches go?'

. . . And then I think of the grotesque information he gave me as to
the present address of his heiress, I foresee that it will be my duty

to search all the houses of ill-fame in Paris to pour out an immense
fortune on some worthless jade. But, in the first place, know this--

that in a few days time Ernest de Restaud will come into a fortune to
which his title is unquestionable, a fortune which will put him in a

position to marry Mlle. Camille, even after adequateprovision has
been made for his mother the Comtesse de Restaud and his sister and

brother."
ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Bidault (known as Gigonnet)

The Government Clerks
The Vendetta

Cesar Birotteau
The Firm of Nucingen

A Daughter of Eve
Derville

A Start in Life
The Gondreville Mystery

Father Goriot
Colonel Chabert

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Derville, Madame

Cesar Birotteau
Gobseck, Jean-Esther Van

Father Goriot
Cesar Birotteau

The Government Clerks
The Unconscious Humoriists

Gobseck, Sarah Van
Cesar Birotteau

The Maranas
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

The Member for Arcis
Gobseck, Esther Van

The Firm of Nucingen
A Bachelor's Establishment

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Grandlieu, Vicomtesse de

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Colonel Chabert

Grandlieu, Vicomte Juste de
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

Grandlieu, Vicomtesse Juste de
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

A Daughter of Eve
Maurice (de Restaud's valet)

Father Goriot
Palma (banker)

The Firm of Nucingen
Cesar Birotteau

Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

The Ball at Sceaux
Restaud, Comte de

Father Goriot
Restaud, Comtesse Anastasie de

Father Goriot
Restaud, Ernest de

The Member for Arcis
Restaud, Madame Ernest de

The Member for Arcis
Restaud, Felix-Georges de

The Member for Arcis
Trailles, Comte Maxime de

Cesar Birotteau
Father Goriot

Ursule Mirouet
A Man of Business

The Member for Arcis
The Secrets of a Princess

Cousin Betty
The Member for Arcis

Beatrix
The Unconscious Humorists

End

• dispute [di´spju:t] v.&n.争论，辩论；争吵 (初中英语单词)
• passion [´pæʃən] n.激情；激怒；恋爱 (初中英语单词)
• riches [´ritʃiz] n.房地产；丰富 (初中英语单词)
• adequate [´ædikwit] a.足够的；适当的 (初中英语单词)
• provision [prə´viʒən] n.供应；规定；条款 (初中英语单词)
• worthless [´wə:θləs] a.无价值的 (高中英语单词)
• unconscious [ʌn´kɔnʃəs] a.无意识的；不觉察的 (高中英语单词)
• distinguished [di´stiŋgwiʃt] a.卓越的，著名的 (高中英语单词)
• grotesque [grəu´tesk] a.奇异的，想象中的 (英语四级单词)
• foresee [fɔ:´si:] vt.预见，预知 (英语四级单词)
• provincial [prə´vinʃəl] a.省的 n.外省人 (英语四级单词)