"What does that mean?" asked Leon.

"I haven't anything left; not even enough to pay my lawyer," replied
Gazonal. "Madame Jenny Cadine has got notes of hand out of me to the

amount of more money than all the property I own--"
"The fact is Cadine is rather dear; but--"

"Oh, but I didn't get anything for my money," said Gazonal. "What a
woman! Well, I'll own the provinces are not a match for Paris; I shall

retire to La Trappe."
"Good!" said Bixiou, "now you are reasonable. Come, recognize the

majesty of the capital."
"And of capital," added Leon, holding out to Gazonal his notes of

hand.
Gazonal gazed at the papers with a stupefied air.

"You can't say now that we don't understand the duties of hospitality;
haven't we educated you, saved you from poverty, feasted you, and

amused you?" said Bixiou.
"AND fooled you," added Leon, making the gesture of gamins to express

the action of picking pockets.
ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Brambourg, Comte de

A Bachelor's Establishment
Cadine, Jenny

Cousin Betty
Beatrix

The Member for Arcis
Canalis, Constant-Cyr-Melchior, Baron de

Letters of Two Brides
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Modeste Mignon
The Magic Skin

Another Study of Woman
A Start in Life

Beatrix
The Member for Arcis

Collin, Jacqueline
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

Cousin Betty
Fontaine, Madame

Cousin Pons
Gaillard, Theodore

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Beatrix

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Gaillard, Madame Theodore

Jealousies of a Country Town
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

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

Beatrix
Giraud, Leon

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Bachelor's Establishment

The Secrets of a Princess
Gobseck, Jean-Esther Van

Gobseck
Father Goriot

Cesar Birotteau
The Government Clerks

Lora, Leon de
A Bachelor's Establishment

A Start in Life
Pierre Grassou

Honorine
Cousin Betty

Beatrix
Lousteau, Etienne

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Bachelor's Establishment

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
A Daughter of Eve

Beatrix
The Muse of the Department

Cousin Betty
A Prince of Bohemia

A Man of Business
The Middle Classes

Marsay, Henri de
The Thirteen

Another Study of Woman
The Lily of the Valley

Father Goriot
Jealousies of a Country Town

Ursule Mirouet
A Marriage Settlement

Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Letters of Two Brides
The Ball at Sceaux

Modest Mignon
The Secrets of a Princess

The Gondreville Mystery
A Daughter of Eve

Massol
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

The Magic Skin
A Daughter of Eve

Cousin Betty
Nathan, Raoul

Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
The Secrets of a Princess

A Daughter of Eve
Letters of Two Brides

The Seamy Side of History
The Muse of the Department

A Prince of Bohemia
A Man of Business

Nathan, Madame Raoul
The Muse of the Department

Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
The Government Clerks

A Bachelor's Establishment
Ursule Mirouet

Eugenie Grandet
The Imaginary Mistress

A Prince of Bohemia
A Daughter of Eve

Nourrisson, Madame
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

Cousin Betty
Nucingen, Baron Frederic de

The Firm of Nucingen
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

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

The Firm of Nucingen
Cousin Betty

The Member for Arcis
Ridal, Fulgence

A Bachelor's Establishment
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris

Ronceret, Madame Fabien du
Beatrix

The Muse of the Department
Cousin Betty

Schinner, Hippolyte
The Purse

A Bachelor's Establishment
Pierre Grassou

A Start in Life
Albert Savarus

The Government Clerks
Modeste Mignon

The Imaginary Mistress
Sinet, Seraphine

Cousin Betty
Stidmann

Modeste Mignon
Beatrix

The Member for Arcis
Cousin Betty

Cousin Pons
Tillet, Ferdinand du

Cesar Birotteau
The Firm of Nucingen

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
Trailles, Comte Maxime de

Cesar Birotteau
Father Goriot

Gobseck
Ursule Mirouet

A Man of Business
The Member for Arcis

The Secrets of a Princess
Cousin Betty

The Member for Arcis
Beatrix

Vauvinet
Cousin Betty

• reasonable [´rizənəbəl] a.合理的；有理智的 (初中英语单词)
• poverty [´pɔvəti] n.贫穷(乏，瘠)；不足 (初中英语单词)
• gesture [´dʒestʃə] n.手势 v.打手势 (初中英语单词)
• prince [´prins] n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词)
• distinguished [di´stiŋgwiʃt] a.卓越的，著名的 (高中英语单词)
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• provincial [prə´vinʃəl] a.省的 n.外省人 (英语四级单词)
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