gentleman-of-the-bedchamber

Updated: May 8, 2025

By thus uniting their fortunes, living on good terms, and profiting by sinecures, the two families might occupy the hotel d'Aubrion with an income of over a hundred thousand francs. "And when a man has a hundred thousand francs a year, a name, a family, and a position at court, for I will get you appointed as gentleman-of-the-bedchamber, he can do what he likes," she said to Charles.

Honoré de Balzac - Eugenie Grandet