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查理·葛朗台,二十二岁的俊俏后生,跟那些老实的内地人正好成为古怪的对照;人家看了他贵族式的举动态度已经心中有气,而且还在加以研究,以便大大地讪笑他一番。这缘故需要说明一下。

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在二十二岁上,青年人还很接近童年,免不了孩子气。一百个中间,说不定九十九个都会像查理·葛朗台一样的行事。那天晚上的前几日,父亲吩咐他到索漠的伯父那里住几个月。也许巴黎的葛朗台念头转到欧也妮。初次跑到内地的查理,便想拿出一个时髦青年的摽劲,在州县里摆阔,在地方上开风气,带一些巴黎社会的新玩意儿来。总之,一句话说尽,他要在索漠比在巴黎花更多的时间刷指甲,对衣着特别出神入化,下一番苦功,岂不比有些时候一个风流年少的人倒故意地不修边幅,要显得潇洒。

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因此,查理带了巴黎最漂亮的猎装,最漂亮的猎枪,最漂亮的刀子,最漂亮的刀鞘。他也带了全套最新奇的背心:灰的,白的,黑的,金壳虫色的,闪金光的,嵌水钻的,五色条纹的,双叠襟的,高领口的,直领口的,翻领的,纽扣一直扣到脖子的,金纽扣的。还有当时风行的各式硬领与领带,名裁缝蒲伊松做的两套服装,最讲究的内衣。母亲给的一套华丽的纯金梳妆用具也随身带了。凡是花花公子的玩意儿,都已带全;一只玲珑可爱的小文具盒也没有忘记。这是一个最可爱的——至少在他心目中———他叫作阿纳德的阔太太送的礼物。她此刻正在苏格兰陪着丈夫游历,烦闷不堪,可是为了某些谣言不得不暂时牺牲一下幸福。他也带了非常华丽的信笺,预备每半个月和她通一次信。巴黎浮华生活的行头,简直应有尽有,从决斗开场时用的马鞭起,直到决斗结束时用的镂工细巧的手枪为止,一个游手好闲的青年出门打天下的随身家伙,都包括尽了。父亲吩咐他一个人上路,切勿浪费,所以他包了驿车的前厢,很高兴那辆特地定造、预备六月里坐到巴登温泉与贵族太太阿纳德相会的轻巧可爱的轿车,不致在这次旅行中糟蹋。

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查理预备在伯父家里碰到上百客人,一心想到他森林中去围猎,过一下城堡生活。他想不到伯父就在索漠;车子到的时候,他打听去法劳丰的路;等到知道伯父在城里,便以为他住的必是高堂大厦。索漠也罢,法劳丰也罢,初次在伯父家露面非体体面面不行,所以他的旅行装束是最漂亮的,最大方的,用当时形容一个人、一件东西美到极点的口语说,是最可爱的。利用在都尔打尖的时间,他叫了一个理发匠把美丽的栗色头发重新烫过;衬衫也换过一件,戴一条黑缎子领带,配上圆领,把那张满面春风的小白脸愈加显得可爱了;一袭小腰身的旅行外套,纽扣只扣了一半,露出一件高领羊毛背心,里面还有第二件白背心;他的表随便纳在一只口袋里,短短的金链系在纽孔上;灰色裤子,纽扣都在两旁,加上黑丝线绣成的图案,式样更美观了;他极有风趣地挥动手杖,雕刻精工的黄金柄,并没夺去灰色手套的光泽。最后,他的便帽也是很大方的。

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只有巴黎人,一个第一流的巴黎人,才能这样打扮而不至于俗气,才有本领使那些无聊的装饰显得调和;给这些行头做支援的,还有一股摽劲,表示他有的是漂亮的手枪,百发百中的功夫,还有那位贵族太太阿纳德。

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因此,要了解索漠人与年轻的巴黎人彼此的惊讶,要在堂屋与构成这幅家庭小景的灰暗的阴影中,把来客风流典雅的光彩看个真切的话,就得把几位克罗旭的模样悬想一番。三个人都吸鼻烟,既淌鼻水,又把黄里带红、衣领打皱、褶裥发黄的衬衫胸饰沾满了小黑点:他们久已不在乎这些。软绵绵的领带,一扣上去就缩成一根绳子。衬衫内衣之多,一年只要洗两次,在衣柜底上成年累月地放旧了,颜色也灰了。邋遢与衰老在他们身上合而为一。跟破烂衣服一样衰败,跟裤子一样打皱,他们的面貌显得憔悴、硬化,嘴脸都扭作一团。

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其余的人也是衣冠不整,七零八落,没有一点儿新鲜气象,跟克罗旭他们的落拓半斤八两。内地的装束大概都是如此,大家不知不觉地只关心一副手套的价钱,而不想打扮给人家看了。只有讨厌时装这一点,台·格拉桑与克罗旭两派的意见是一致的。巴黎客人一拿起手眼镜,打量堂屋里古怪的陈设,楼板的梁木,护壁板的色调,护壁板上数量多得可以标点《日用百科全书》与《政府公报》的苍蝇屎的时候,那些玩摸彩戏的人便立刻扬起鼻子打量他,好奇的神情似乎在看一头长颈鹿。台·格拉桑父子虽然见识过时髦人物,也跟在座的人一样的惊讶,或许是众人的情绪有股说不出的力量把他们感染了,或许他们表示赞成,所以含讥带讽地对大家挤眉弄眼,仿佛说:“你们瞧,巴黎人就是这副腔派。”

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并且他们尽可从从容容地端详查理,不用怕得罪主人。葛朗台全副精神在对付手里的一封长信,为了看信,他把牌桌上唯一的蜡烛拿开了,既不顾到客人,也不顾到他们的兴致。欧也妮从来没见过这样美满的装束与人品,以为堂兄弟是什么天上掉下来的妙人儿。光亮而拳曲有致的头发散出一阵阵的香气,她尽量地闻着,嗅着,觉得飘飘然。漂亮精美的手套,她恨不得去摸一下那光滑的皮。她羡慕查理的小手,皮色、面貌的娇嫩与清秀。这可以说是把风流公子给她的印象做了一个概括的叙述。可是一个没有见过世面的姑娘,只知道缝袜子,替父亲补衣裳,在满壁油腻的屋子里讨生活的——冷静的街上一小时难得看到一个行人——这样一个女子一见这位堂兄弟,自然要神魂颠倒,好像一个青年在英国圣诞画册上看到了那些奇妙的女人,镂刻的精巧,大有吹一口气就会把天仙似的美女从纸上吹走了似的。

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查理掏出一条手帕,是在苏格兰游历的阔太太绣的,美丽的绣作正是热恋中怀着满腔爱情做成的;欧也妮望着堂兄弟,看他是否当真拿来用。查理的举动,态度,拿手眼镜的姿势,故意的放肆,还有对富家闺女刚才多么喜欢的那个针线匣,他认为毫无价值或俗不可耐而一脸瞧不起的神气,总之,查理的一切,凡是克罗旭与台·格拉桑他们看了刺眼的,欧也妮都觉得赏心悦目,使她当晚在床上老想着那个了不起的堂兄弟,睡不着觉。

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摸彩摸得很慢,不久也就歇了。因为长脚拿侬进来高声地说:

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“太太,得找被单替客人铺床啦。”

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葛朗台太太跟着拿侬走了。台·格拉桑太太便轻轻地说:

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“我们把钱收起来,歇了吧。”

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各人从缺角的旧碟子内把两个铜子的赌注收起,一齐走到壁炉前面,谈一会儿天。

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“你们完了吗?”葛朗台说着,照样念他的信。

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“完了,完了。”台·格拉桑太太答着话,挨着查理坐下。欧也妮,像一般初次动心的少女一样,忽然想起了一个念头,离开堂屋,给母亲和拿侬帮忙去了。要是一个手腕高明的忏悔师盘问她,她一定会承认那时既没想到母亲,也没想到拿侬,而是非常急切地要看看堂兄弟的卧房,替他张罗一下,放点儿东西进去,唯恐家人有什么遗漏,样样要想个周到,使他的卧房尽可能显得漂亮干净。欧也妮已经认为只有她才懂得堂兄弟的口味与心思。

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母亲与拿侬以为一切安排定当,预备下楼了,她却正好赶上,指点给她们看,什么都不行。她提醒拿侬捡一些炭火,弄个脚炉烘被单;她亲手把旧桌子铺上一方小台布,吩咐拿侬这块台布每天早上都得更换。她说服母亲,壁炉内非好好地生一个火不可,又逼着拿侬瞒了父亲搬一大堆木柴放在走廊里。特·拉·裴德里埃老先生的遗产里面,有一个古漆盘子放在堂屋的三角橱上,还有一只六角水晶杯,一只镀金褪尽的小羹匙,一个刻着爱神的古瓶:欧也妮一齐搬了来,得意扬扬地摆在壁炉架上。她这一忽儿的念头,比她出世以来所有的念头还要多。

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“妈妈,”她说,“蜡油的气味,弟弟一定受不了。去买一支白烛怎么样?……”说着她像小鸟一般轻盈地跑去,从钱袋里掏出她的月费,一块五法郎的银币,说:

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“喂,拿侬,快点儿去。”

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她又拿了一个糖壶,赛佛窖烧的旧瓷器,是葛朗台从法劳丰别庄拿来的。葛朗台太太一看到就严重地警告说:

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“哎,父亲看了还了得!……再说哪儿来的糖呢?你疯了吗?”

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“妈妈,跟白烛一样好叫拿侬去买啊。”

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“可是你父亲要怎么说呢?”

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“他的侄儿连一杯糖水都没有喝,成什么话?而且他不会留意的。”

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“嘿,什么都逃不过他的眼睛。”葛朗台太太侧了侧脑袋。

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拿侬犹疑不决,她知道主人的脾气。

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“去呀,拿侬,既然今天是我的生日!”

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拿侬听见小主人第一次说笑话,不禁哈哈大笑,照她的吩咐去办了。

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正当欧也妮跟母亲想法把葛朗台派给侄儿住的卧房装得漂亮一些的时候,查理却成为台·格拉桑太太大献殷勤、百般挑引的目标。

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“你真有勇气呀,先生,”她对他说,“居然肯丢下巴黎冬天的娱乐,住到索漠来。不过,要是你不觉得我们太可怕的话,你慢慢会看到,这里一样可以玩儿的。”

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接着她做了一个十足内地式的媚眼。内地女子的眼风,因为平常矜持到极点,谨慎到极点,反而有一种馋涎欲滴的神气,那是把一切欢娱当作窃盗或罪过的教士特有的眼风。

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查理在堂屋里迷惘万分,意想之中伯父的别庄与豪华的生活,跟眼前种种差得太远了,所以他把台·格拉桑太太仔细瞧过之后,觉得她淡淡的还有一点儿巴黎妇女的影子。她上面那段话,对他好似一种邀请,他便客客气气地接受了,很自然地和她攀谈起来。台·格拉桑太太把嗓子逐渐放低,跟她说的体己话的内容配合。她和查理都觉得需要密谈一下。所以时而调情说笑,时而一本正经地闲扯了一会儿之后,那位手段巧妙的内地女子,趁其余的人谈论当时全索漠最关心的酒市行情而不注意她的时候,说道:

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“先生,要是你肯赏光到舍间来,外子一定跟我一样的高兴。索漠城中,只有在舍间才能同时碰到商界巨头跟阀阅世家。在这两个社会里,我们都有份;他们也只愿意在我们家里见面,因为玩得痛快。我敢骄傲地说一句,旧家跟商界都很敬重我的丈夫。我们一定得给你解解闷。要是你老待在葛朗台先生家里,哎,天哪!不知你要烦成什么样呢!你的老伯是一个守财奴,一心只想他的葡萄秧;你的伯母是一个理路不清的老虔婆;你的堂姊,不痴不癫,没有教育,没有陪嫁,俗不可耐,整天只晓得缝抹布。”

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“她很不错呢,这位太太。”查理这样想着,就跟台·格拉桑太太的装腔作势呼应起来。

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“我看,太太,你大有把这位先生包办的意思。”又胖又高的银行家笑着插嘴。

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听到这一句,公证人与所长都说了些俏皮话;可是神父很狡猾地望着他们,吸了一撮鼻烟,拿烟壶向大家让了一阵,把众人的思想归纳起来说:

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“除了太太,还有谁能给这位先生在索漠当向导呢?”

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“啊,啊!神父,你这句话是什么意思?”台·格拉桑先生问。

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“我这句话,先生,对你,对尊夫人,对索漠城,对这位贵客,都表示最大的好意。”奸猾的老头儿说到末了,转身望着查理。

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克罗旭神父装作全没注意查理和台·格拉桑太太的谈话,其实早已猜透了。

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“先生,”阿道夫终于装作随便的样子,对查理说,“不知道你还记得我吗,在纽沁根男爵府上,跳四组舞的时候我曾经跟你照过一面[1],并且……”

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[1] 按四组舞的格式,两对舞伴在某种姿势中必须互相照面。
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“啊,不错,先生,不错。”查理回答,他很诧异地发觉个个人都在巴结他。

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“这一位是你的世兄吗?”他问台·格拉桑太太。神父狡猾地瞅了她一眼。

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“是的,先生。”她说。

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“那么你很年轻就上巴黎去了?”查理又转身问阿道夫。

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“当然喽,先生,”神父插嘴道,“他们断了奶,咱们就打发他们进京看花花世界了。”

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台·格拉桑太太极有深意地把神父瞪了一眼,表示质问。他却紧跟着说:

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“只有在内地,才能看到像太太这样三十多岁的女子,儿子都快要法科毕业了,还是这么娇嫩。”他又转身对着台·格拉桑太太,“当年跳舞会里,男男女女站在椅子上争着看你跳舞的光景,还清清楚楚在我眼前呢。你红极一时的盛况仿佛是昨天的事。”

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“噢!这个老浑蛋!”台·格拉桑太太心里想,“难道他猜到了我的心事吗?”

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“看来我在索漠可以大大地走红呢。”查理一边想一边解开上衣的纽扣,把一双手按在背心上,眼睛望着空中,模仿英国雕刻家凯脱莱塑的拜伦的姿势。

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葛朗台老头的不理会众人,或者不如说他聚精会神看信的神气,逃不过公证人和所长的眼睛。葛朗台的脸这时给烛光照得格外分明,他们想从他微妙的表情中间揣摩书信的内容。老头儿的神色,很不容易保持平日的镇静。并且像下面这样一封悲惨的信,他念的时候会装作怎样的表情,谁都可以想象得到:

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大哥,我们分别快二十三年了。最后一次会面是我结婚的时候,那次我们是高高兴兴分手的。当然,我想不到有这么一天,要你独力支撑家庭。你当时为了家业兴隆多么快活。可是这封信到你手里的时候,我已经不在世界上了。以我的地位,我不愿在破产的羞辱之后还同意颜偷生。我在深渊边上挣扎到最后一刻,希望能突破难关。可是非倒不可。我的经纪人以及公证人洛庚,他们的破产,把我最后一些资本也弄光了。我欠了近四百万的债,资产只有一百万。囤积的酒,此刻正碰到市价惨跌,因为你们今年丰收,酒质又好。三天之后,全巴黎的人都要说:“葛朗台原来是个骗子!”我一生清白,想不到死后要受人唾骂。我既玷污了儿子的姓氏,又侵占了他母亲的一份财产。他还一点儿没有知道呢,我疼爱的这个可怜的孩子!我和他分手的时候,彼此依依不舍。幸而他不知道这次的诀别是我最后一次的发泄热情。将来他会不会咒我呢?大哥,大哥,儿女的诅咒是最可怕的!儿女得罪了我们,可以求告,讨饶;我们得罪了儿女,却永远挽回不了。葛朗台,你是我的兄长,应当保护我:不要让查理在我的坟墓上说一句狠毒的话!大哥,即使我用血泪写这封信,也不至于这样痛苦;因为我可以痛哭,可以流血,可以死,可以没有知觉;但我现在只觉得痛苦,而且眼看着死,一滴眼泪都没有。你如今是查理的父亲了,他没有外婆家的亲戚,你知道为什么。唉,为什么我当时不听从社会的成见呢?为什么我向爱情低头呢?为什么我娶了一个贵人的私生女儿?查理无家可归了。可怜的孩子!孩子!你得知道,葛朗台,我并不为了自己求你;并且你的家产也许还押不到三百万;我求你是为我的儿子呀!告诉你,大哥,我想到你的时候是合着双手哀求的。葛朗台,我临死之前把查理托付给你了。现在我望着手枪不觉得痛苦了,因为想到有你担起为父的责任。查理对我很孝顺,我对他那么慈爱,从来不违拗他,他不会恨我的。并且你慢慢可以看到:他性情和顺像他母亲,绝不会有什么事叫你难堪。可怜的孩子!他是享福惯的。你我小时候吃穿不全的苦处,他完全不知道……而他现在倾家荡产,只有一个人了!一定的,所有的朋友都要回避他,而他的羞辱是我造成的。啊!我恨不得把他一手带上天国,放在他母亲身边,唉,我简直疯了!我还得讲我的苦难,查理的苦难。我打发他到你那儿,让你把我的死讯和他将来的命运婉转地告诉他。希望你做他的父亲,慈爱的父亲。切勿一下子逼他戒绝悠闲的生活,那他会送命的。我愿意跪下来,求他抛弃母亲的遗产,而不要站在我的债权人的地位。可是不必,他有傲气,一定知道他不该和我的债主站在一起。你得教他趁早抛弃我的遗产[2]。我替他造成的艰苦的处境,你得仔细解释给他听;如果他对我的孝心不变,那么替我告诉他,前途并不绝望。咱俩当初都是靠工作翻身的,将来他也可以靠着工作把我败掉的家业挣回来。如果他肯听我这个父亲的话——为了他,我简直想从坟墓里爬起来——他应该出国,到印度去[3]!大哥,查理是一个勇敢正直的青年,你给他一批出口货让他经营,他死也不会赖掉你给他的第一笔资本的;你一定得供给他,葛朗台!否则你将来要受良心责备的。啊!要是你对我的孩子不肯帮忙,不加怜爱,我要永久求上帝惩罚你的无情无义。我很想能抢救出一部分财产,因为我有权在他母亲的财产里面留一笔给他,可是月底的开支把我全部的资源分配完了。不知道孩子将来的命运,我是死不瞑目的;我真想握着你温暖的手,听到你神圣的诺言;但是来不及了。在查理赶路的时间,我要把资产负债表造起。我要以业务的规矩诚实,证明我这次的失败既没有过失也没有私弊。这不是为了查理吗!——别了,大哥。我付托给你的监护权,我相信你一定会慷慨地接受,愿上帝为此赐福给你。在彼世界上,永久有一个声音在为你祈祷。那儿我们早晚都要去的,而我已经在那里了。

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维克多—安越—琪奥默·葛朗台

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“嗯,你们在谈天吗?”葛朗台把信照原来的折痕折好,放在背心口袋里。

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他因为心绪不宁,做着种种盘算,便故意装出谦卑而胆怯的神气望着侄儿说:

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“烤了火,暖和了吗?”

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“舒服得很,伯父。”

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“哎,娘儿们到哪里去了?”

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他已经忘了侄儿是要住在他家里的。

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这时欧也妮和葛朗台太太正好回到堂屋。

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“楼上什么都收拾好了吧?”老头儿的心又定了下来。

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“收拾好了,父亲。”

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“好吧,查理,你觉得累,就叫拿侬带你上去。我的妈,那可不是漂亮哥儿住的房间哦!原谅我们种葡萄的穷人,都给捐税刮光了。”

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“我们不打搅了,葛朗台,”银行家插嘴道,“你跟令侄一定有话谈。我们走了。明儿见。”

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一听这几句话,大家站起身来告别,各人照着各人的派头行礼。老公证人到门口找出灯笼点了,提议先送台·格拉桑一家回去。台·格拉桑太太没料到中途出了事,散得这么早,家里的当差还没有来接。

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“太太,肯不肯赏脸,让我搀着你走?”克罗旭神父对台·格拉桑太太说。

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“谢谢你,神父,有孩子招呼我呢。”她冷冷地回答。

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“太太们跟我一块儿走是没有嫌疑的。”神父说。

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“喂,就让克罗旭先生把你搀着吧。”她的丈夫接口说。

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神父搀着美丽的太太,故意轻快地走在众人前面。

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“这青年很不错啊,太太,”他紧紧抓着她的胳膊说,“葡萄割完,篮子没用了!事情吹啦。你休想葛朗台小姐了,欧也妮是给那个巴黎人的喽。除非这个堂兄弟爱上什么巴黎女子,令郎阿道夫遇到了一个最……的敌手……”

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“别这么说,神父。回头他就会发觉欧也妮是一个傻姑娘,一点儿娇嫩都谈不上。你把她打量过没有?今晚上她脸孔黄得像木瓜。”

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“这一点也许你已经提醒堂兄弟了?”

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“老实不客气……”

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“太太,你以后永远坐在欧也妮旁边,那么不用对那个青年人多说他堂姊的坏话,他自己会比较,而且对……”

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“他已经答应后天上我们家吃晚饭。”

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“啊!要是你愿意的话,太太……”神父说。

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“愿意什么,神父?是不是想教坏我?天哪,我一生清白,活到了三十九岁,总不成再来糟蹋自己的声名,哪怕是为了得蒙古大皇帝的天下!你我在这个年纪上都知道说话应该有个分寸。以你教士的身份,你的念头真是太不像话了。呸!倒像《福勃拉》[4]书中的……”

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[4] 《福勃拉》,描写十八世界轻狂淫逸的风气的小说。
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“那么你念过《福勃拉》了?”

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“不,神父,我是说《男子可畏》那部小说。”

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“啊!这部书正经多了,”神父笑道,“你把我当作像现在的青年一样坏!我不过想劝你……”

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“你敢说你不是想替我出坏主意吗?事情还不明白?这青年人固然不错,我承认,要是他追求我,他当然不会想到他的堂姊了。在巴黎,我知道,有一般好妈妈为了儿女的幸福跟财产,不惜来这么一手;可是咱们是在内地呀,神父。”

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“对,太太。”

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“并且,”她又说,“哪怕是一万万的家私,我也不愿意用这种代价去换,阿道夫也不愿意。”

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“太太,我没有说什么一万万。诱惑来的时候,恐怕你我都抵抗不了。不过我认为一个清白的女子,只要用意不差,无伤大雅的调调情也未始不可,交际场中,这也是女人的一种责任……”

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“真的吗?”

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“太太,我们不是都应当讨人喜欢吗?……对不起,我要擤一下鼻子。真的,太太,”他接下去说,“他拿手眼镜照你,比他照我的时候,神气似乎要来得亲热一些;自然,我原谅他爱美甚于敬老……”

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“显而易见,”所长在后面用他粗嗄而洪大的声音说,“巴黎的葛朗台打发儿子到索漠来,完全是为了亲事……”

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“那么堂兄弟就不至于来得这么突兀了。”公证人回答。

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“那倒不一定,”台·格拉桑先生表示意见,“那家伙一向喜欢藏头露尾的。”

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“喂,台·格拉桑,”他太太插嘴道,“我已经请他来吃晚饭了,那小伙子。你再去邀上拉索尼埃夫妇,杜·奥多阿一家,还有那美丽的杜·奥多阿小姐;噢,但愿她那一天穿得像个样子!她母亲真会忌妒,老把她扮得那么丑!”她又停下脚步对三位克罗旭说:“希望你们也赏光。”

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“你们到了,太太。”公证人说。

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三位克罗旭别了三位台·格拉桑回家,一路上拿出内地人长于分析的本领,把当晚那件大事从各方面推敲了一番。为了这件事,克罗旭和台·格拉桑两家的关系有了变化。支配这些大策略家行事的世故,使双方懂得暂时有联合对付共同敌人的必要。他们不是应该协力同心阻止欧也妮爱上堂兄弟,阻止查理想到堂姊吗?他们要用花言巧语去阴损人家,表面上恭维,骨子里诋毁,时时刻刻说些似乎天真而别有用心的话。那巴黎人是否能够抵抗这些手段,不上他们的当呢?

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赶到堂屋里只剩下四个家属的时候,葛朗台对侄儿说道:

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“该睡觉了。夜深了,你到这儿来的事不能再谈了;明天再挑个合适的时间吧。我们八点吃早饭;中午随便吃一点儿水果跟面包,喝一杯白酒;五点吃晚饭,像巴黎人一样。这是我们的规矩。你想到城里城外去玩儿吧,尽管自便。原谅我很忙,没有工夫老是陪你。说不定你会到处听见人家说我有钱:这里是葛朗台先生的,那里又是葛朗台先生的。我让他们说,这些废话不会破坏我的信用。可是我实在没有钱,到了这个年纪,还像做伙计的一样,全部家当只有一双手和一只蹩脚刨子。你不久或许自己会明白,要流着汗去挣一个钱是多么辛苦。喂,拿侬,把蜡烛拿来。”

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“侄儿,我想你屋子里用的东西大概都齐了,”葛朗台太太说,“缺少什么,尽管吩咐拿侬。”

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“不会吧,伯母,我什么都带齐的!希望你跟大姊都睡得好。”

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查理从拿侬手里接过一支点着的白烛,安育城里的货色,铺子里放久了,颜色发黄,初看跟蜡烛差不多;葛朗台根本想不到家里有白烛,也就不会发觉这件奢侈品。

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“我来带路。”他说。

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照例应当从大门里边的环洞中出去,葛朗台却郑重其事地走堂屋与厨房之间的过道上楼。过道与楼梯中间隔着一扇门,嵌着椭圆形的大玻璃,挡一下楼梯洞里的冷气。但是到了冬天,虽然堂屋的门上下四周都钉着绒布条子,照样有尖利的冷风钻进来,使里面不容易保持相当的温度。

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拿侬把大门上锁,关起堂屋,到马房里放出那条声音老是发嗄,仿佛害什么喉头炎似的狼狗。这畜生凶猛无比,只认得拿侬一人。他们都是乡下出身,所以彼此了解。查理看到楼梯间墙壁发黄,到处是烟熏的痕迹,扶手全给虫蛀了的楼梯,在伯父沉重的脚下颤抖,他的美梦更加吹得无影无踪了;他疑心走进了一座鸡棚,不由得转身望望他的伯母与堂姊;她们却是走惯这座楼梯的,根本没有猜到他为什么惊讶,还以为他表示亲热,便对他很愉快地一笑,越发把他气坏了。

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“父亲送我到这儿来见什么鬼呀!”他心里想。

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到了楼上,他看见三扇土红色的门,没有门框子,嵌在剥落的墙壁里,钉着两头作火舌形的铁条,就像长长的锁眼两端的花纹。正对楼梯的那扇门,一望而知是堵死了的。这间屋正好在厨房上面,只能从葛朗台的卧房进去,是他办事的密室,独一无二的窗洞临着院子,装着粗大的铁栅。

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这间房,不用说别人,连葛朗台太太都不准进去,他要独自守在里面,好似炼丹师守护丹炉一般。这儿,他准是很巧妙地安排下什么密窟,藏着田契屋契之类,挂着称金路易的天平,更深夜静地躲在这里写凭据、收条,做种种计算;所以一般生意人永远看到葛朗台样样都有准备,以为他有什么鬼使神差供他驱遣似的。当拿侬打鼾的声音震动楼板,狼狗在院中巡逻、打呵欠,欧也妮母女俩沉沉酣睡的时候,老箍桶匠一定在这儿眯着眼睛观赏黄金,摩挲把玩,装入桶内,套上箍套。密室的墙壁既厚实,护窗也严密。钥匙只有他一个人有。据说他还在这儿研究图样,上面连果树都注明的,他核算他的出产,数字的准确至多是一根葡萄秧一捆柴的上下。

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这扇堵死的门对面是欧也妮的房门。楼梯道的尽头是老夫妇俩的卧室,占据了整个前楼的位置。葛朗台太太和女儿的屋子是相连的,中间隔一扇玻璃门。葛朗台和太太的两间卧室,有板壁分隔,密室与他的卧房之间是厚实的墙。

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葛朗台老头把侄儿安置在三楼上,那间高爽的顶楼正好在他的卧室上面,如果侄儿高兴起来在房内走动,他可以听得清清楚楚。

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欧也妮和母亲走到楼梯道中间,互相拥抱道别;她又对查理说了几句告别的话,在嘴上很冷淡,在姑娘的心里一定是很热的;然后她们各自进房。

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“这是你的卧房了,侄儿,”葛朗台一边开门一边说,“要出去,先叫拿侬。没有她,对不起!咱们的狗会一声不响把你吃掉。好好睡吧——再见。嗨!嗨!娘儿们给你生了火啦。”

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这时长脚拿侬提着脚炉进来了。

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“哦,又是一个!”葛朗台说,“你把我侄儿当作临产的女人吗?把脚炉拿下去,拿侬!”

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“先生,被单还潮着呢,再说,侄少爷真是娇嫩得像女人一样。”

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“也罢,既然你存心讨好他,”葛朗台把她肩膀一推,“可是留神,别失火。”

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吝啬鬼一路下楼,不知嘟囔些什么。

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查理站在行李堆中愣住了。这间顶楼上的卧房,那种黄底小花球的糊壁纸,像小酒店里用的;粉石的壁炉架,线条像沟槽一般,望上一眼就叫你发冷;黄椅子的草坐垫涂过油,似乎不止有四只角;床几的大肚子打开着,容得下一个轻骑兵;稀薄的脚毯上边是一张有顶的床,满是蛀洞的帐幔摇摇欲坠。查理一件件地看过了,又一本正经地望着长脚拿侬,说道:

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“嗨!嗨!好嫂子,这当真是葛朗台先生的府上吗,当过索漠区长,巴黎葛朗台先生的哥哥吗?”

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“对呀,先生,一个多可爱、多和气、多好的老爷哪。要不要帮你打开箱子?”

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“好啊,怎么不要呢,我的兵大爷!你没有在帝国军队中当过水手吗?”

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“噢!噢!噢!”拿侬叫道,“什么?帝国军队的水手?淡的还是咸的?走水路的吗?”

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“来,把钥匙拿去,在这口提箱里替我把睡衣找出来。”

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一件金线绣花古式图案的绿绸睡衣,把拿侬看呆了。

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“你穿了这个睡觉吗?”

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“是呀。”

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“哎哟!圣母玛利亚!披在祭坛上做桌围才合适呢。我的好少爷,把它捐给教堂吧,包你上天堂,要不然你的灵魂就没有救啦。噢!你穿了多好看。我要叫小姐来瞧一瞧。”

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“喂,拿侬,别嚷,好不好?让我睡觉,我明儿再来整东西;你看中我的睡衣,就让你拿去救你的灵魂吧。我是诚心的基督徒,临走一定留下来,你爱怎么办就怎么办吧。”

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拿侬呆呆地站在那里,端详着查理,不敢相信他的话。

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“把这件漂亮衣衫给我?”她一边走一边说,“他已经在说梦话了,这位少爷。明儿见。”

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“明儿见,拿侬。”查理入睡之前又想,“我到这儿来干什么呢?父亲不是一个呆子,叫我来必有目的。好吧,正经事,明儿想,不知哪个希腊的笨伯说的。”

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欧也妮祈祷的时候忽然停下来想道:“圣母玛利亚,多漂亮呀,这位堂兄弟!”这天晚上她的祷告就没有做完。

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葛朗台太太临睡的时候一点儿念头都没有。从板壁正中的小门中间,她听见老头儿在房内踱来踱去。像所有胆小的女人一样,她早已识得老爷的脾气。海鸥预知雷雨,她也能从微妙莫测的征兆上面,预感到葛朗台心中的风暴,于是就像她自己所说的,她装作假死。

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葛朗台望着那扇里边有铁板的密室的门,想:

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“亏我兄弟想得出,把儿子送给我!嘿,这笔遗产才有趣哩!我可是没有一百法郎给他。而且一百法郎对这个花花公子中什么用?他拿手眼镜照我晴雨表的气概,就像要放一把火把它烧掉似的。”

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葛朗台想着那份痛苦的遗嘱可能发生的后果,心绪也许比兄弟写的时候还要乱。

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“我真的会到手这件金线衣衫吗?……”拿侬自言自语地说。她睡熟的时候,已经穿上了祭坛的桌围,破天荒第一遭地梦见许多鲜花,地毯,绫罗绸缎,正如欧也妮破天荒第一遭地梦见爱情。

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Monsieur Charles Grandet, a handsome young man of twenty-two, presented at this moment a singular contrast to the worthy provincials, who, considerably disgusted by his aristocratic manners, were all studying him with sarcastic intent. This needs an explanation.

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At twenty-two, young people are still so near childhood that they often conduct themselves childishly. In all probability, out of every hundred of them fully ninety-nine would have behaved precisely as Monsieur Charles Grandet was now behaving.

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Some days earlier than this his father had told him to go and spend several months with his uncle at Saumur. Perhaps Monsieur Grandet was thinking of Eugenie. Charles, sent for the first time in his life into the provinces, took a fancy to make his appearance with the superiority of a man of fashion, to reduce the whole arrondissement to despair by his luxury, and to make his visit an epoch, importing into those country regions all the refinements of Parisian life. In short, to explain it in one word, he mean to pass more time at Saumur in brushing his nails than he ever thought of doing in Paris, and to assume the extra nicety and elegance of dress which a young man of fashion often lays aside for a certain negligence which in itself is not devoid of grace.

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Charles therefore brought with him a complete hunting-costume, the finest gun, the best hunting-knife in the prettiest sheath to be found in all Paris. He brought his whole collection of waistcoats. They were of all kinds—gray, black, white, scarabaeus-colored:some were shot with gold, some spangled, somechined; some were double-breasted and crossed like a shawl, others were straight in the collar; some had turned-over collars, some buttoned up to the top with gilt buttons. He brought every variety of collar and cravat in fashion at that epoch. He brought two of Buisson’s coats and all his finest linens. He brought his pretty gold toilet-set—a present from his mother. He brought all his dandy knick-knacks, not forgetting a ravishing little desk presented to him by the most amiable of women—amiable for him, at least—a fine lady whom he called Annette and who at this moment was travelling, matrimonially and wearily, in Scotland, a victim to certain suspicions which required a passing sacrifice of happiness; in the desk was much pretty note-paper on which to write to her once a fortnight. In short, it was as complete a cargo of Parisian frivolities as it was possible for him to get together—a collection of all the implements of husbandry with which the youth of leisure tills his life, from the little whip which helps to begin a duel, to the handsomely chased pistols which end it. His father having told him to travel alone and modestly, he had taken the coupe of the diligence all to himself, rather pleased at not having to damage a delightful travelling-carriage ordered for a journey on which he was to meet his Annette, the great lady who, etc.—whom he intended to rejoin at Baden in the following June.

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Charles expected to meet scores of people at his uncle’s house, to hunt in his uncle’s forests—to live, in short, the usual chateau life;he did not know that his uncle was in Saumur, and had only inquired about him incidentally when asking the way to Froidfond. Hearing that he was in town, he supposed that he should find him in a suitable mansion.In order that he might make a becoming first appearance before his uncle either at Saumur or at Froidfond, he had put on his most elegant travelling attire, simple yet exquisite—“adorable,” to use the word which in those days summed up the special perfections of a man or a thing. At Tours a hairdresser had re-curled his beautiful chestnut locks; there he changed his linen and put on a black satin cravat, which, combined with a round shirt-collar, framed his fair and smiling countenance agreeably. A travelling great-coat, only half buttoned up, nipped in his waist and disclosed a cashmere waistcoat crossed in front, beneath which was another waistcoat of white material. His watch, negligently slipped into a pocket, was fastened by a short gold chain to a buttonhole. His gray trousers, buttoned up at the sides, were set off at the seams with patterns of black silk embroidery. He gracefully twirled a cane, whose chased gold knob did not mar the freshness of his gray gloves. And to complete all, his cap was in excellent taste.

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None but a Parisian, and a Parisian of the upper spheres, could thus array himself without appearing ridiculous; none other could give the harmony of self-conceit to all these fopperies, which were carried off, however, with a dashing air—the air of a young man who has fine pistols, a sure aim, and Annette.

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Now if you wish to understand the mutual amazement of the provincial party and the young Parisian; if you would clearly see the brilliance which the traveller’s elegance cast among the gray shadows of the room and upon the faces of this family group—endeavor to picture to your minds the Cruchots. All three took snuff, and had long ceased to repress the habit of snivelling or to remove the brown blotches which strewed the frills of their dingy shirts and the yellowing creases of their crumpled collars. Their flabby cravats were twisted into ropes as soon as they wound them about their throats. The enormous quantity of linen which allowed these people to have their clothing washed only once in six months, and to keep it during that time in the depths of their closets, also enabled time to lay its grimy and decaying stains upon it. There was perfect unison of ill-grace and senility about them; their faces, as faded as their threadbare coats, as creased as their trousers, were worn-out, shrivelled-up, and puckered.

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As for the others, the general negligence of their dress, which was incomplete and wanting in freshness—like the toilet of all country places, where insensibly people cease to dress for others and come to think seriously of the price of a pair of gloves—was in keeping with the negligence of the Cruchots. A horror of fashion was the only point on which the Grassinists and the Cruchotines agreed. When the Parisian took up his eye-glass to examine the strange accessories of this dwelling—the joists of the ceiling, the color of the woodwork, and the specks which the flies had left there in sufficient number to punctuate the “Moniteur” and the “Encyclopaedia of Sciences,”—the loto-players lifted their noses and looked at him with as much curiosity as they might have felt about a giraffe. Monsieur des Grassins and his son, to whom the appearance of a man of fashion was not wholly unknown, were nevertheless as much astonished as their neighbors, whether it was that they fell under the indefinable influence of the general feeling, or that they really shared it as with satirical glances they seemed to say to their compatriots—

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“That is what you see in Paris!”

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They were able to examine Charles at their leisure without fearing to displease the master of the house. Grandet was absorbed in the long letter which he held in his hand; and to read it he had taken the only candle upon the card-table, paying no heed to his guests or their pleasure. Eugenie, to whom such a type of perfection, whether of dress or of person, was absolutely unknown, thought she beheld in her cousin a being descended from seraphic spheres. She inhaled with delight the fragrance wafted from the graceful curls of that brilliant head. She would have liked to touch the soft kid of the delicate gloves. She envied Charles his small hands, his complexion, the freshness and refinement of his features. In short, if it is possible to sum up the effect this elegant being produced upon an ignorant young girl perpetually employed in darning stockings or in mending her father’s clothes, and whose life flowed on beneath these unclean rafters, seeing none but occasional passers along the silent street—this vision of her cousin roused in her soul an emotion of delicate desire like that inspired in a young man by the fanciful pictures of women drawn by Westall for the English “Keepsakes,” and that engraved by the Findens with so clever a tool that we fear, as we breathe upon the paper, that the celestial apparitions may be wafted away.

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Charles drew from his pocket a handkerchief embroidered by the great lady now travelling in Scotland. As Eugenie saw this pretty piece of work, done in the vacant hours which were lost to love, she looked at her cousin to see if it were possible that he meant to make use of it. The manners of the young man, his gestures, the way in which he took up his eye-glass, his affected superciliousness, his contemptuous glance at the coffer which had just given so much pleasure to the rich heiress, and which he evidently regarded as without value, or even as ridiculous—all these things, which shocked the Cruchots and the des Grassins, pleased Eugenie so deeply that before she slept she dreamed long dreams of her phoenix cousin.

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The loto-numbers were drawn very slowly, and presently the game came suddenly to an end. La Grand Nanon entered and said aloud: “Madame, I want the sheets for monsieur’s bed.”

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Madame Grandet followed her out. Madame des Grassins said in a low voice: “Let us keep our sous and stop playing.”

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Each took his or her two sous from the chipped saucer in which they had been put; then the party moved in a body toward the fire.

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“Have you finished your game?” said Grandet, without looking up from his letter.

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“Yes, yes!” replied Madame des Grassins, taking a seat near Charles. Eugenie, prompted by a thought often born in the heart of a young girl when sentiment enters it for the first time, left the room to go and help her mother and Nanon. Had an able confessor then questioned her she would, no doubt, have avowed to him that she thought neither of her mother nor of Nanon, but was pricked by a poignant desire to look after her cousin’s room and concern herself with her cousin; to supply what might be needed, to remedy any forgetfulness, to see that all was done to make it, as far as possible, suitable and elegant; and, in fact, she arrived in time to prove to her mother and Nanon that everything still remained to be done. She put into Nanon’s head the notion of passing a warming-pan between the sheets. She herself covered the old table with a cloth and requested Nanon to change it every morning; she convinced her mother that it was necessary to light a good fire, and persuaded Nanon to bring up a great pile of wood into the corridor without saying anything to her father. She ran to get, from one of the corner-shelves of the hall, a tray of old lacquer which was part of the inheritance of the late Monsieur de la Bertelliere, catching up at the same time a six-sided crystal goblet, a little tarnished gilt spoon, an antique flask engraved with cupids, all of which she put triumphantly on the corner of her cousin’s chimney-piece. More ideas surged through her head in one quarter of an hour than she had ever had since she came into the world.

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“Mamma,” she said, “my cousin will never bear the smell of a tallow candle; suppose we buy a wax one?” And she darted, swift as a bird, to get the five-franc piece which she had just received for her monthly expenses. “Here, Nanon,” she cried, “quick!”

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“What will your father say?” This terrible remonstrance was uttered by Madame Grandet as she beheld her daughter armed with an old Sevres sugar-basin which Grandet had brought home from the chateau of Froidfond.

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“And where will you get the sugar? Are you crazy?”

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“Mamma, Nanon can buy some sugar as well as the candle.”

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“But your father?”

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“Surely his nephew ought not to go without a glass of eau sucree? Besides, he will not notice it.”

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“Your father sees everything,” said Madame Grandet, shaking her head.

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Nanon hesitated; she knew her master.

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“Come, Nanon, go—because it is my birthday.”

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Nanon gave a loud laugh as she heard the first little jest her young mistress had ever made, and then obeyed her.

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While Eugenie and her mother were trying to embellish the bedroom assigned by Monsieur Grandet for his nephew, Charles himself was the object of Madame des Grassins’ attentions; to all appearances she was setting her cap at him.

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“You are very courageous, monsieur,” she said to the young dandy, “to leave the pleasures of the capital at this season and take up your abode in Saumur. But if we do not frighten you away, you will find there are some amusements even here.”

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She threw him the ogling glance of the provinces, where women put so much prudence and reserve into their eyes that they impart to them the prudish concupiscence peculiar to certain ecclesiastics to whom all pleasure is either a theft or an error.

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Charles was so completely out of his element in this abode, and so far from the vast chateau and the sumptuous life with which his fancy had endowed his uncle, that as he looked at Madame des Grassins he perceived a dim likeness to Parisian faces. He gracefully responded to the species of invitation addressed to him, and began very naturally a conversation, in which Madame des Grassins gradually lowered her voice so as to bring it into harmony with the nature of the confidences she was making. With her, as with Charles, there was the need of conference; so after a few moments spent in coquettish phrases and a little serious jesting, the clever provincial said, thinking herself unheard by the others, who were discussing the sale of wines which at that season filled the heads of every one in Saumur—

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Monsieur if you will do us the honor to come and see us, you will give as much pleasure to my husband as to myself. Our salon is the only one in Saumur where you will find the higher business circles mingling with the nobility. We belong to both societies, who meet at our house simply because they find it amusing. My husband—I say it with pride—is as much valued by the one class as by the other. We will try to relieve the monotony of your visit here. If you stay all the time with Monsieur Grandet, good heavens! what will become of you? Your uncle is a sordid miser who thinks of nothing but his vines; your aunt is a pious soul who can’t put two ideas together; and your cousin is a little fool, without education, perfectly common, no fortune, who will spend her life in darning towels.”

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“She is really very nice, this woman,” thought Charles Grandet as he duly responded to Madame des Grassins’ coquetries.

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“It seems to me, wife, that you are taking possession of monsieur,” said the stout banker, laughing.

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On this remark the notary and the president said a few words that were more or less significant; but the abbe, looking at them slyly, brought their thoughts to a focus by taking a pinch of snuff and saying as he handed round his snuff-box: “Who can do the honors of Saumur for monsieur so well as madame?”

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“Ah! What do you mean by that, Monsieur l’abbe?” demanded Monsieur des Grassins.

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“I mean it in the best possible sense for you, for madame, for the town of Saumur, and for monsieur,” said the wily old man, turning to Charles.

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The Abbe Cruchot had guessed the conversation between Charles and Madame des Grassins without seeming to pay attention to it.

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Monsieur,” said Adolphe to Charles with an air which he tried to make free and easy, “I don’t know whether you remember me, but I had the honor of dancing as your vis-a-vis at a ball given by the Baron de Nucingen, and—”

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“Perfectly; I remember perfectly, monsieur,” answered Charles, pleased to find himself the object of general attention.

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Monsieur is your son?” he said to Madame des Grassins.

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The abbe looked at her maliciously.

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“Yes, monsieur,” she answered.

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“Then you were very young when you were in Paris?” said Charles, addressing Adolphe.

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“You must know, monsieur,” said the abbe, “that we send them to Babylon as soon as they are weaned.”

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Madame des Grassins examined the abbe with a glance of extreme penetration.

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“It is only in the provinces,” he continued, “that you will find women of thirty and more years as fresh as madame, here, with a son about to take his degree. I almost fancy myself back in the days when the young men stood on chairs in the ball-room to see you dance, madame,” said the abbe, turning to his female adversary. “To me, your triumphs are but of yesterday—”

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“The old rogue!” thought Madame Grassins; “can he have guessed my intentions?”

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“It seems that I shall have a good deal of success in Saumur,”thought Charles as he unbuttoned his great-coat, put a hand into his waistcoat, and cast a glance into the far distance, to imitate the attitude which Chantrey has given to Lord Byron.

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The inattention of Pere Grandet, or, to speak more truly, the preoccupation of mind into which the reading of the letter had plunged him, did not escape the vigilance of the notary and the president, who tried to guess the contents of the letter by the almost imperceptible motions of the miser’s face, which was then under the full light of the candle. He maintained the habitual calm of his features with evident difficulty; we may, in fact, picture to ourselves the countenance such a man endeavored to preserve as he read the fatal letter which here follows—

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My Brother—It is almost twenty-three years since we have seen each other. My marriage was the occasion of our last interview, after which we parted, and both of us were happy. Assuredly I could not then foresee that you would one day be the prop of the family whose prosperity you then predicted.When you hold this letter within your hands I shall be no longer living. In the position I now hold I cannot survive the disgrace of bankruptcy. I have waited on the edge of the gulf until the last moment, hoping to save myself. The end has come, I must sink into it. The double bankruptcies of my broker and of Roguin, my notary, have carried off my last resources and left me nothing. I have the bitterness of owing nearly four millions, with assets not more than twenty-five per cent in value to pay them. The wines in my warehouses suffer from the fall in prices caused by the abundance and quality of your vintage. In three days Paris will cry out: “Monsieur Grandet was a knave!”and I, an honest man, shall be lying in my winding-sheet of infamy. I deprive my son of a good name, which I have stained, and the fortune of his mother, which I have lost. He knows nothing of all this—my unfortunate child whom I idolize! We parted tenderly. He was ignorant, happily, that the last beatings of my heart were spent in that farewell. Will he not some day curse me? My brother, my brother! The curses of our children are horrible; they can appeal against ours, but theirs are irrevocable. Grandet, you are my elder brother, you owe me your protection; act for me so that Charles may cast no bitter words upon my grave! My brother, if I were writing with my blood, with my tears, no greater anguish could I put into this letter—nor as great, for then I should weep, I should bleed, I should die, I should suffer no more, but now I suffer and look at death with dry eyes.From henceforth you are my son’s father; he has no relations, as you well know, on his mother’s side. Why did I not consider social prejudices? Why did I yield to love? Why did I marry the natural daughter of a great lord? Charles has no family. Oh, my unhappy son! my son! Listen, Grandet! I implore nothing for myself—besides, your property may not be large enough to carry a mortgage of three millions—but for my son! Brother, my suppliant hands are clasped as I think of you; behold them! Grandet, I confide my son to you in dying, and I look at the means of death with less pain as I think that you will be to him a father. He loved me well, my Charles; I was good to him, I never thwarted him; he will not curse me. Ah, you see! he is gentle, he is like his mother, he will cause you no grief. Poor boy! accustomed to all the enjoyments of luxury, he knows nothing of the privations to which you and I were condemned by the poverty of our youth. And I leave him ruined! alone! Yes, all my friends will avoid him, and it is I who have brought this humiliation upon him! Would that I had the force to send him with one thrust into the heavens to his mother’s side! Madness! I come back to my disaster—to his. I send him to you that you may tell him in some fitting way of my death, of his future fate. Be a father to him, but a good father. Do not tear him all at once from his idle life, it would kill him. I beg him on my knees to renounce all rights that, as his mother’s heir, he may have on my estate. But the prayer is superfluous;he is honorable, and he will feel that he must not appear among my creditors. Bring him to see this at the right time;reveal to him the hard conditions of the life I have made for him: and if he still has tender thoughts of me, tell him in my name that all is not lost for him. Yes, work, labor, which saved us both, may give him back the fortune of which I have deprived him; and if he listens to his father’s voice as it reaches him from the grave, he will go the Indies. My brother, Charles is an upright and courageous young man; give him the wherewithal to make his venture;he will die sooner than not repay you the funds which you may lend him. Grandet! if you will not do this, you will lay up for yourself remorse. Ah, should my child find neither tenderness nor succor in you, I would call down the vengeance of God upon your cruelty!If I had been able to save something from the wreck, I might have had the right to leave him at least a portion of his mother’s property;but my last monthly payments have absorbed everything. I did not wish to die uncertain of my child’s fate; I hoped to feel a sacred promise in a clasp of your hand which might have warmed my heart: but time fails me. While Charles is journeying to you I shall be preparing my assignment. I shall endeavor to show by the order and good faith of my accounts that my disaster comes neither from a faulty life nor from dishonesty. It is for my son’s sake that I strive to do this.Farewell, my brother! May the blessing of God be yours for the generous guardianship I lay upon you, and which, I doubt not, you will accept. A voice will henceforth and forever pray for you in that world where we must all go, and where I am now as you read these lines.

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Victor-Ange-Guillaume Grandet.

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“So you are talking?” said Pere Grandet as he carefully folded the letter in its original creases and put it into his waistcoat-pocket.

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He looked at his nephew with a humble, timid air, beneath which he hid his feelings and his calculations. “Have you warmed yourself?” he said to him.

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“Thoroughly, my dear uncle.”

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“Well, where are the women?” said his uncle, already forgetting that his nephew was to sleep at the house.

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At this moment Eugenie and Madame Grandet returned.

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“Is the room all ready?” said Grandet, recovering his composure.

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“Yes, father.”

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“Well then, my nephew, if you are tired, Nanon shall show you your room. It isn’t a dandy’s room; but you will excuse a poor wine-grower who never has a penny to spare. Taxes swallow up everything.”

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“We do not wish to intrude, Grandet,” said the banker; “you may want to talk to your nephew, and therefore we will bid you good-night.”

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At these words the assembly rose, and each made a parting bow in keeping with his or her own character. The old notary went to the door to fetch his lantern and came back to light it, offering to accompany the des Grassins on their way. Madame des Grassins had not foreseen the incident which brought the evening prematurely to an end, her servant therefore had not arrived.

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“Will you do me the honor to take my arm, madame?” said the abbe.

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“Thank you, monsieur l’abbe, but I have my son,” she answered dryly.

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“Ladies cannot compromise themselves with me,” said the abbe.

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“Take Monsieur Cruchot’s arm,” said her husband.

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The abbe walked off with the pretty lady so quickly that they were soon some distance in advance of the caravan.

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“That is a good-looking young man, madame,” he said, pressing her arm. “Good-bye to the grapes, the vintage is done. It is all over with us. We may as well say adieu to Mademoiselle Grandet. Eugenie will belong to the dandy. Unless this cousin is enamoured of some Parisian woman, your son Adolphe will find another rival in—”

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“Not at all, monsieur l’abbe. This young man cannot fail to see that Eugenie is a little fool—a girl without the least freshness. Did you notice her to-night? She was as yellow as a quince.”

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“Perhaps you made the cousin notice it?”

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“I did not take the trouble—”

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“Place yourself always beside Eugenie, madame, and you need never take the trouble to say anything to the young man against his cousin; he will make his own comparisons, which—”

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“Well, he has promised to dine with me the day after to-morrow.”

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“Ah! if you only would, madame—” said the abbe.

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“What is it that you wish me to do, monsieur l’abbe? Do you mean to offer me bad advice? I have not reached the age of thirty-nine, without a stain upon my reputation, thank God! to compromise myself now, even for the empire of the Great Mogul. You and I are of an age when we both know the meaning of words. For an ecclesiastic, you certainly have ideas that are very incongruous. Fie! it is worthy of Faublas!”

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“You have read Faublas?”

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“No, monsieur l’abbe; I meant to say the Liaisons dangereuses.”

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“Ah! that book is infinitely more moral,” said the abbe, laughing. “But you make me out as wicked as a young man of the present day; I only meant—”

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“Do you dare to tell me you were not thinking of putting wicked things into my head? Isn’t it perfectly clear? If this young man—who I admit is very good-looking—were to make love to me, he would not think of his cousin. In Paris, I know, good mothers do devote themselves in this way to the happiness and welfare of their children; but we live in the provinces, monsieur l’abbe.”

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“Yes, madame.”

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“And,” she continued, “I do not want, and Adolphe himself would not want, a hundred millions brought at such a price.”

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“Madame, I said nothing about a hundred millions; that temptation might be too great for either of us to withstand. Only, I do think that an honest woman may permit herself, in all honor, certain harmless little coquetries, which are, in fact, part of her social duty and which—”

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“Do you think so?”

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“Are we not bound, madame, to make ourselves agreeable to each other?—Permit me to blow my nose.—I assure you, madame,”he resumed, “that the young gentleman ogled you through his glass in a more flattering manner than he put on when he looked at me;but I forgive him for doing homage to beauty in preference to old age—”

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“It is quite apparent,” said the president in his loud voice,“that Monsieur Grandet of Paris has sent his son to Saumur with extremely matrimonial intentions.”

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“But in that case the cousin wouldn’t have fallen among us like a cannon-ball,” answered the notary.

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“That doesn’t prove anything,” said Monsieur des Grassins; “the old miser is always making mysteries.”

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“Des Grassins, my friend, I have invited the young man to dinner. You must go and ask Monsieur and Madame de Larsonniere and the du Hautoys, with the beautiful demoiselle du Hautoy, of course. I hope she will be properly dressed; that jealous mother of hers does make such a fright of her! Gentlemen, I trust that you will all do us the honor to come,” she added, stopping the procession to address the two Cruchots.

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“Here you are at home, madame,” said the notary.

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After bowing to the three des Grassins, the three Cruchots returned home, applying their provincial genius for analysis to studying, under all its aspects, the great event of the evening, which undoubtedly changed the respective positions of Grassinists and Cruchotines. The admirable common-sense which guided all the actions of these great machinators made each side feel the necessity of a momentary alliance against a common enemy. Must they not mutually hinder Eugenie from loving her cousin, and the cousin from thinking of Eugenie? Could the Parisian resist the influence of treacherous insinuations, soft-spoken calumnies, slanders full of faint praise and artless denials, which should be made to circle incessantly about him and deceive him?

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When the four relations were left alone, Monsieur Grandet said to his nephew

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“We must go to bed. It is too late to talk about the matters which have brought you here; to-morrow we will take a suitable moment. We breakfast at eight o’clock; at midday we eat a little fruit or a bit of bread, and drink a glass of white wine; and we dine, like the Parisians, at five o’clock. That’s the order of the day. If you like to go and see the town and the environs you are free to do so. You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich—Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Perhaps you’ll soon know yourself what a franc costs when you have got to sweat for it. Nanon, where are the candles?”

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“I trust, my nephew, that you will find all you want,” said Madame Grandet; “but if you should need anything else, you can call Nanon.”

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“My dear aunt, I shall need nothing; I have, I believe, brought everything with me. Permit me to bid you good-night, and my young cousin also.”

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Charles took a lighted wax candle from Nanon’s hand—an Anjou candle, very yellow in color, and so shopworn that it looked like tallow and deceived Monsieur Grandet, who, incapable of suspecting its pres

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singular

[’sɪŋɡjələ(r)]

a. 非凡的;卓越的;

provincial

[prə’vɪnʃl]

adj.省的;地方的;偏狭的

disgust

[dɪs’ɡʌst]

n.厌恶;憎恶;反感

childish

[’tʃaɪldɪʃ]

adj.孩子气的;幼稚的

probability

[ˌprɒbə’bɪləti]

n.可能性

earlier

[’ɜːlɪə]

adj.早的;初期的

fancy

[’fænsi]

n. 【C】设想;幻想;空想;

superiority

[suːˌpɪəri’ɒrəti]

n.优越性;优势

despair

[dɪ’speə(r)]

n.绝望;失望

epoch

[’iːpɒk]

n. 时期; 时代; 新纪元; 划时代的大事; 世

Paris

[’pærɪs]

n.巴黎;重楼(百合科植物);帕里斯(姓氏)

negligence

[’neɡlɪdʒəns]

n.疏忽;不修边幅;渎职

sheath

[ʃiːθ]

n.鞘;护套

waistcoat

[’weɪskəʊt]

n.背心;马甲

spangle

[’spæŋɡl]

n.闪光金属片;镶金属小片

gilt

[ɡɪlt]

n.镀金;表面的装饰;小母猪

matrimony

[’mætrɪməni]

n.结婚;婚姻

wearily

[’wɪərəli]

adv.疲倦地;厌烦地

husbandry

[’hʌzbəndri]

n.农事;耕作;农牧业;节约(资源)

leisure

[’leʒə(r)]

n.闲暇;休闲

diligence

[’dɪlɪdʒəns]

n.勤奋

exquisite

[ɪk’skwɪzɪt]

adj.精挑细选的;精致的;细腻的;强烈的

chestnut

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linen

[’lɪnɪn]

n.亚麻布;亚麻线;亚麻制品

satin

[’sætɪn]

n.缎子

agreeably

[ə’ɡriːəbli]

adv.欣然;依照

Nip

[nɪp]

vt. 夹;钳;掐;捏;

cashmere

[’kæʃmɪə(r)]

n.开士米;山羊绒;软毛织物

negligent

[’neɡlɪdʒənt]

adj.疏忽的;粗心的;不在意的

fasten

[’fɑːsn]

vt.拴紧;使固定;系;强加于

seam

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n.缝;接缝

graceful

[’ɡreɪsfl]

adj.优雅的;得体的

twirl

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v.快速转动;扭转

knob

[nɒb]

n.旋钮;把手;瘤;节;圆丘

freshness

[freʃnəs]

n.新鲜;精神饱满

self-conceit

[ˌselfkən’siːt]

n.自负;自大

brilliance

[’brɪliəns]

n.才华;(色彩)鲜明;光辉;辉煌

casting

[’kɑːstɪŋ]

n.铸造

endeavor

[ɪn’devə]

n.尽力;努力

blotch

[blɒtʃ]

n.(皮肤上的)红斑点;(墨水等)斑点

strew

[struː]

vt.散播;撒满;点缀

frill

[frɪl]

n.衣饰上的绉边;褶皱(复数)frills: 虚饰; 装腔作势.

crumple

[’krʌmpl]

v.(使)起皱;(使)崩溃;压垮

clothe

[kləʊð]

vt.穿上;赋予

unison

[’juːnɪsn]

n.(做事、说话)一起;一致行动;(歌唱或演奏)齐声

incomplete

[ˌɪnkəm’pliːt]

adj.不完全的;不完整的

accessory

[ək’sesəri]

n.附件;配件

dwell

[dwel]

vi.居住;存在;冥想;详细阐述

joist

[dʒɔɪst]

n.托梁

felted

[’feltɪd]

v. 把 ... 制成毡(使 ... 粘结)

wholly

[’həʊlli]

adv.完全地;全部地;一概

compatriot

[kəm’pætriət]

n.同国人;同胞;同事

behold

[bɪ’həʊld]

vt.看到;注视;领悟

fragrance

[’freɪɡrəns]

n.香味

waft

[wɒft]

v.飘浮;飘荡

curl

[kɜːl]

n.卷曲;卷发;年轮;漩涡;【足】曲线球

complexion

[kəm’plekʃn]

n.肤色;面色;体质;特性;局面

refinement

[rɪ’faɪnmənt]

n.精致;文雅;改良;精炼;提炼

perpetual

[pə’petʃuəl]

adj.永久的;永恒的;一再往复的

darn

[dɑːn]

v.织补

rafter

[’rɑːftə(r)]

n.椽;屋梁

passer

[’pɑːsə]

n.过路人;旅客;考试合格者

rousing

[’raʊzɪŋ]

adj.使奋起的;使感动的;使醒的,

keepsake

[’kiːpseɪk]

n.纪念品

engraving

[ɪn’ɡreɪvɪŋ]

n.雕刻的画;镌版术;雕版,

celestial

[sə’lestiəl]

a. 天的,天空的,天体的;

apparition

[ˌæpə’rɪʃn]

n.鬼;幽灵;幻影

handkerchief

[’hæŋkətʃɪf]

n.手帕;方巾;围巾

embroider

[ɪm’brɔɪdə(r)]

v.刺绣;镶边;装饰

phoenix

[’fiːnɪks]

n.凤凰;不死鸟

Madame

[’mædəm]

n.夫人

saucer

[’sɔːsə(r)]

n.茶托;碟子

avow

[ə’vaʊ]

vt.承认;公开宣称声明

prick

[prɪk]

v.刺;扎;竖起;受责备

lacquer

[’lækə(r)]

n.漆;天然漆;漆器

inheritance

[ɪn’herɪtəns]

n.遗传;遗产;继承;继承物

tarnish

[’tɑːnɪʃ]

n.晦暗;污渍

antique

[æn’tiːk]

adj.古代的;古老的;过时的

flask

[flɑːsk]

n.细颈瓶;烧瓶;小水瓶

triumphant

[traɪ’ʌmfənt]

adj.胜利的;得意洋洋的

surge

[sɜːdʒ]

n.汹涌

mama

[’mæmə]

n.母亲;妈妈

dart

[dɑːt]

n.飞镖;投射;突进;缝褶

swift

[swɪft]

adj.快的;迅速的;敏捷的

nephew

[’nefjuː]

n.外甥;侄子

mistress

[’mɪstrəs]

n.主妇;女主人;情妇

obey

[ə’beɪ]

v.服从;遵守;顺从;听从

abide

[ə’baɪd]

v.遵守;忍受;坚持

amusement

[ə’mjuːzmənt]

n.乐趣,娱乐;消遣

theft

[θeft]

n.偷窃

endow

[ɪn’daʊ]

vt.捐助;赋予;使具有某种品质

likeness

[’laɪknəs]

n.相像;相似物;样子

conversation

[ˌkɒnvə’seɪʃn]

n.谈话;会话

gradual

[’ɡrædʒuəl]

adj.逐渐的;逐步的;平缓的

jest

[dʒest]

n.说笑;玩笑

mingle

[’mɪŋɡl]

vt.使混合;使结合

vine

[vaɪn]

n.藤;蔓;攀爬植物

duly

[’djuːli]

adv.的确;当然地;适当地

coquetry

[’kɒkɪtri]

n.卖弄风情;媚态

stout

[staʊt]

adj.强壮的;肥胖的;牢固的;坚定的

madame

[’mædəm]

n.夫人

Monsieur

[mə’sjɜː]

n.(法语)先生

Baron

[’bærən]

n.【C】男爵(英国世袭的最低级的贵族爵位);巨头(尤指商界)

monsieur

[mə’sjɜː]

n.(法语)先生

malicious

[mə’lɪʃəs]

adj.怀恶意的;恶毒的

Babylon

[ˈbæbɪlən]

n.巴比伦;繁华的大都市;罪恶之都

wean

[wiːn]

v.给(婴儿)断奶;戒掉;放弃

penetration

[ˌpenɪ’treɪʃn]

n.侵入;渗透

unbutton

[ˌʌn’bʌtn]

v.解开……的钮扣;如解开钮扣似地解开

prop

[prɒp]

n.支柱;支持者;倚靠人

disgrace

[dɪs’ɡreɪs]

n.耻辱

cent

[sent]

n.分

stain

[steɪn]

n.污点;瑕疵;着色剂;染料

curse

[kɜːs]

n.诅咒;咒骂;祸端

appeal

[ə’piːl]

①[U][C]呼吁,要求;

weep

[wiːp]

v.流泪;哭泣;悲叹;渗出

bleed

[bliːd]

v.流血;渗色;榨取;放掉(水或气体);给...抽血

thwart

[θwɔːt]

n.(划艇上划手的)坐板; v.反对;阻碍

condemned

[kən’demd]

adj.被责难的;被宣告有罪的,

thrust

[θrʌst]

v.刺;插入;推挤

heir

[eə(r)]

n.继承人

creditor

[’kredɪtə(r)]

n.债权人;债主

upright

[’ʌpraɪt]

adj.直立的;垂直的;正直的

sooner

[’suːnə]

adv. soon的比较级

repay

[rɪ’peɪ]

v.偿还;报答;还钱给

tenderness

[’tendənɪs]

n.温柔;娇嫩;柔软

cruelty

[’kruːəlti]

n.残酷;虐待;残酷的行为

clasp

[klɑːsp]

n.扣子;钩;紧握;握手

crease

[kriːs]

n.折痕;皱痕;(板球球手位置的)界限线

thorough

[’θʌrə]

adj.彻底的;完全的;详尽的;细致深入的

composure

[kəm’pəʊʒə(r)]

n.镇静;沉着

penny

[’peni]

n.便士;【美】分

foresee

[fɔː’siː]

v.预见;预知

premature

[’premətʃə(r)]

adj.提前的;过早的;早产的

abbe

[’æbeɪ]

n.大修道院院长;僧侣;神父

dine

[daɪn]

v.用正餐;进餐

infinite

[’ɪnfɪnət]

adj.无穷的;无限的

flatter

[’flætə(r)]

v.奉承;恭维;取悦;显得好看

notary

[’nəʊtəri]

n.公证人;公证员

miser

[’maɪzə(r)]

n.守财奴;吝啬鬼

fright

[fraɪt]

n.惊骇;惊恐;怪人

procession

[prə’seʃn]

n.队伍;行列

undoubted

[ʌn’daʊtɪd]

adj.无疑的

momentary

[’məʊməntri]

adj.短暂的;瞬间的;刹那间的;时时刻刻的

incessant

[ɪn’sesnt]

adj.不断的;无尽的

Parisian

[pəˈrɪzɪən]

n.巴黎人

environs

[ɪn’vaɪrənz]

n.郊外;郊区,

gossip

[’ɡɒsɪp]

n.流言蜚语;爱说长道短的人;闲话

apprentice

[ə’prentɪs]

n.学徒;见习生

incapable

[ɪn’keɪpəbl]

adj.无能力的;不胜任的

shopworn

[’ʃɒpwɔːn]

adj.在商店中陈列旧了的;陈旧的;磨损的

tallow

[’tæləʊ]

n.脂(尤指动物脂)

Monsieur

[mə’sjɜː]

n.(法语)先生

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