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Beware now of allowing it to be supposed that you have given your brother twelve hundred thousand francs to repurchase the Rubempre estates " "Twelve hundred thousand francs!" cried Madame Sechard, turning pale. "Where did he get them, wretched boy?" "Ah! that is the question," replied Derville. "I fear that the source of his wealth is far from pure."
"Will you take a third at forty thousand francs?" "It's a bargain, if you will take Emile Blondet here on the staff, and Claude Vignon, Scribe, Theodore Leclercq, Felicien Vernou, Jay, Jouy, Lousteau, and " "And why not Lucien de Rubempre?" the provincial poet put in boldly. " and Nathan," concluded Finot.
"You are in the power of a man who is able and willing and ready to prove to the Duc de Grandlieu that the lands of Rubempre are to be paid for with the money that a fool has given to your mistress, Mademoiselle Esther," Corentin went on.
"The return of the author of The Archer of Charles IX. has been the signal for an ovation which does equal honor to the town and to M. Lucien de Rubempre, the young poet who has made so brilliant a beginning; the writer of the one French historical novel not written in the style of Scott, and of a preface which may be called a literary event.
He put up at the little provincial Hotel Voltaire on the Quai Voltaire and quickly made acquaintance with everyone of note in the world of letters, from Victor Hugo to Paul Bourget. During this stay in Paris Oscar read enormously and his French, which had been school-boyish, became quite good. He always said that Balzac, and especially his poet, Lucien de Rubempré, had been his teachers.
"Why not?" demanded Christy; and he explained the conduct of his uncle in regard to the Bellevite, when she was on a peaceful errand to convey her owner's daughter back to her home. Then he related the attempt of the colonel's son, his cousin Corny, to capture the Bronx by a piece of wild strategy. "But I do not object to your scheme on moral grounds," interposed M. Rubempré.
"How much you make pay to go to Nassau in ze carriage?" "Fifty cents." "Feefty cents; how much money was zat?" "Arn't you Americans?" "Non!" replied M. Rubempré with energy. "We have come from ze France; but I was been in London, and I comprehend ze money of Eengland." "Two shillings then," replied the driver, laughing.
"Well, my dear Countess," said Monsieur de Granville, who had been engaged in conversation with Comte Octave, "I hope you may take Monsieur de Rubempre home to dine with you this evening." This half promise produced a reaction; Madame de Serizy melted into tears. "I thought I had no tears left," said she with a smile. "But could you not bring Monsieur de Rubempre to wait here?"
M. de Rubempre is from Angouleme, and will need your influence, no doubt, with the powers that bring genius to light. So far, he has no enemies to help him to success by their attacks upon him. Is there enough originality in the idea of obtaining for him by friendship all that hatred has done for you to tempt you to make the experiment?"
"We are all ready at this moment," replied Monsieur Rubempré; for both of the passengers had agreed to call each other by their assumed names at once, so as to get accustomed to them, and thus avoid committing themselves in any moment of excitement.
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