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Updated: June 27, 2025
The good understanding between Mademoiselle Lourdois and Alexandre Crottat, the promised successor to Roguin, was noticed by Madame Birotteau, who could not give up without a pang the hope of seeing her daughter the wife of a notary of Paris. Uncle Pillerault, who had exchanged bows with little Molineux, seated himself in an armchair near the bookshelves.
But my conduct has been placed under the eyes of the king; his heart has deigned to sympathize with my efforts; he has encouraged them by sending me a sum of money large enough to " "Do you want a receipt?" said du Tillet, interrupting him; "are you going to pay " "In full, with interest. I must ask you to come with me now to Monsieur Crottat, only two steps from here." "Before a notary?"
"But look here, my boy," he went on, addressing the notary, "I shall want some information which ought to exist in your office. Was it not that old rascal Roguin ?" "We will say that unfortunate, that ill-used Roguin," interrupted Alexandre Crottat with a laugh.
The rest of the money is with Crottat, ready for Lourdois, Madame Madou, the mason, carpenter, and the other most pressing creditors. Next year, we may do as well. With time and patience we can go far." Birotteau's joy is not to be described; he threw himself into his uncle's arms, weeping. "May he not wear his cross?" said Ragon to the Abbe Loraux.
Roguin, placed opposite to Madame Ragon, near whom Cesarine was sitting, noticed the pleasure of the young girl when she saw Anselme enter, and he made Crottat a sign to observe that she turned as rosy as a pomegranate. "This is to be a day of deeds, then?" said the perfumer, when the greetings were over and the judge told him the purpose of the visit.
"If my wife is well enough I will bring her." "Xandrot," said Roguin to his clerk, as they left the house, "give up all thoughts of marrying Cesarine; six weeks hence you will thank me for that advice." "Why?" asked Crottat. "My dear fellow, Birotteau is going to spend a hundred thousand francs on his ball, and he is involving his whole fortune, against my advice, in that speculation in lands.
I tell you again talk of nothing but business when you go out; that is my advice to you." "If you will not tell me, I shall ask him to-morrow " "Why, dear me! the veriest noodle is careful to hide a thing of that kind, and do you suppose that an ambassador will tell you about it? Really, Crottat, I have never known you so utterly devoid of common-sense." "Thank you, my dear."
Alexandre Crottat will fit us like a glove for a son-in-law, and he will succeed Roguin; but do you suppose he will be satisfied with a hundred thousand francs dot? supposing that we gave our whole property outside of the business to establish our daughter, and I am willing; I would gladly live on dry bread the rest of my days to see her happy as a queen, the wife of a notary of Paris, as you say.
We got into a scrape together," replied Georges, "about two years ago. Yes, I had to leave Crottat and go to Hannequin in consequence of that affair." "What was it?" asked Godeschal. "Oh, nothing!" replied Georges, at a sign from Oscar. "We tried to hoax a peer of France, and he bowled us over. Ah ca! so you want to jockey my cousin, do you?"
Crottat agreed in this advice, which the count, if we may judge by the valet's statements to Pierrotin, had adopted. The preceding evening he had sent Moreau a line by the diligence to Beaumont, telling him to invite Margueron to dinner in order that they might then and there close the purchase of the farm of Moulineaux.
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