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