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But Celestin Crevel was so unconscious and so perfect a type of the Parisian parvenu, that we can scarcely venture so unceremoniously into the presence of Cesar Birotteau's successor. Celestin Crevel was a world in himself; and he, even more than Rivet, deserves the honors of the palette by reason of his importance in this domestic drama.
The young notary compassionately put the inert mechanism which bore the name of Cesar into a street coach, not without great difficulty. "Xandrot," said the perfumer, in a voice choked with tears, for the tears were now falling from his eyes, and loosening the iron band which bound his brow, "stop at my shop; go in and speak to Celestin for me.
"We all know the cause of this household change," said Celestin, speaking in behalf of the two other clerks and Raguet, grouped behind him. "Is it allowable to congratulate monsieur upon an honor which reflects its light upon the whole establishment? Popinot has told us that monsieur " "Hey, hey! my children, it is all true. I have been decorated.
Occasionally he mentioned "the Old House," and in relating the famous Sophonisba episode late at night, and only in the very fastnesses of the wine cellar, as it were, at the most lachrymose passage he spoke of "l'Oncle Célestin," with the deepest feeling. "Did you ever hear The Frenchman tell that story about Sophonisba?"
She made a gesture as if to break the glass before the shelves on which the valuables were placed. "Mother Madou takes a drop too much," whispered Celestin to his neighbor. The virago overheard him, for in paroxysms of passion the organs are either paralyzed or trebly acute, and she forthwith applied to Celestin's ear the most vigorous blow that ever resounded in a Parisian perfumery.
Those words are not only an affront, but they are the death of your credit." "Monsieur Claparon wishes to speak to you," said Celestin, entering; "may I tell him to come up?" "Now we shall learn the meaning of this insult," said Lebas. "Monsieur," said Cesar to Claparon, as he entered, "this is Monsieur Lebas, a judge of the commercial courts, and my friend "
Celestin Maloisel and Cesaire Paumelle bent their heads to the storm, but Prosper Horslaville egged on the old woman, and was only amused at her wrath. One day, when she was more angry than usual, he said: "Do you know what I'd do if I were you?" She fixed her owl's eyes on him, and waited for his next words.
"What's the matter with you?" asked Celestin. "Oh, what a day! my dear fellow, what a day! I am set up in business, and Monsieur Cesar is decorated." "You are very lucky if the master helps you," said Celestin. Popinot did not answer; he disappeared, driven by a furious wind, the wind of success.
The number of pupils at one time are stated to have been three thousand, and he instructed them in the open air; it is also asserted that of his followers fifty became either bishops or archbishops, twenty cardinals, and one pope, Celestin II. In fact the fame of Abelard had arrived at such an altitude that he was the means of giving a new era to Paris, which was designated the city of letters; other professors became highly celebrated, and some authors pretend that the immense concourse of students who ultimately flocked to Paris, exceeded the number of the inhabitants, and there was much difficulty in finding the means of lodging them; how great must have been the anxiety for learning, as the masters were exceedingly brutal and imparted their knowledge to the pupil by the force of blows, which at length deterred many students from placing themselves under the charge of such preceptors.
Where the composition includes other figures, the Virgin is in the centre, with the attendant personages symmetrically grouped on either side. In the Vienna picture the two additional figures at the left are the aged St. Celestin and a fine St. Barbara. Of all schools of painting, the Venetian is the least translatable into black and white, so rich in colors is the palette which composed it.
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