Poor Relations
章节目录
共 61 段- As she came and went, the Baroness, seen by nobody, allowed
- "Oh, it has cost him a pretty penny, madame. His singing-bir
- And, in point of fact, at seven-and-forty the Baroness might
- "What for?"
- When the unknown fair had gone into the hall at the foot of
- That day, Mademoiselle Fischer made some inquiries, at the h
- But in this she was mistaken. The noblest sentiments, carrie
- "Well, dear mamma, you have just seen Cousin Lisbeth's lover
- "Water!--water!" said Lisbeth, after glancing at the print,
- This gorgeous residence was the ambitious citizen's legal do
- "To be sure, what is he doing?" said Hortense. "He has becom
- Crevel, the important and burly, being invited as a matter o
- Madame Crevel, ugly, vulgar, and silly, had given her husban
- A portrait of Hulot, in the uniform of a Commissary General
- He threw the two gold pieces on the table, and seated himsel
- "You want Baron Hulot to be told that you have robbed him of
- At noon Valerie and Lisbeth were chatting in the splendid be
- "It is settled," said Wenceslas, when he came in from taking
- "There, madame, you raise an important question--that of the
- "Then the woman asked me to dinner through my father-in-law,
- "Well, well," said the departmental manager, seeing Hulot's
- This sketch will enable guileless souls to understand what v
- "Bless me, and such a pretty woman!" said the Justice of the
- Madame Hulot's eye fell on a print of the group of "Delilah"
- As she heard this question, big with two hundred thousand fr
- "I will go to the War Office," said he, "and see the Prince,
- She seized her husband's arm, dragged him away, and out of t
- "You!" cried Josepha. "Nay, leave morals to work-a-day folks
- The Baroness had gone out that morning with fresh hopes, and
- "It will be a hard task, my good lady; still, there are a go
- "Ah, ha!" said Crevel, "my son-in-law is too clever by half;
- Carabine placed Combabus on her left, and the Duc d'Herouvil
- "Stay here in the box," said the old woman to Montes. "This
- She arrived in the Rue Barbet a few minutes after Monsieur a
- "What way is that?" said Atala; "I walk on my two feet."
- Vernou, Felicien
- People used to play at Royalty then as they play nowadays at
- Every one esteemed Pons with his kindness and his modesty, h
- "You can understand that as soon as your dear mamma did me t
- As they became aware of Mme. Cibot's full value, they gave h
- The second Mme. Brunner behaved as German girls may be expec
- "It is all my fault; and monsieur knows quite well that I lo
- Mlle. de Marville naturally asked for explanations of each n
- "The fortune was not nearly so large as they said. These tai
- In personal appearance Remonencq was short and thin; his lit
- Everything in human life is predestined, so it is also with
- Paris of all the cities of the world holds most of such men
- "So you have relations! . . ." cried La Cibot, springing up
- Mme. Poulain, the doctor's mother, aged sixty-seven, was end
- Magistrates, councillors, jurisconsults, judges, barristers,
- Mme. Cibot's terror grew to the highest pitch. She grew pale
- "Oh! here, the affair is becoming tragic," cried the fair He
- The lady sat pensive during a moment of unspeakable torture
- "No, I am ein boor man, dot lof his friend and vould gif his
- "I should pe fery glad," said Schmucke; "for gif Montame Zip
- Heloise was splendidly dressed. Bixiou, her lover, had broug
- "_What?_" . . . she faltered in bewilderment.
- Schmucke began to cry. The women left him and took possessio
- "If this gentleman will take a corner of the pall, we shall
- "Go on, go on," said Schmucke; "I shall pe allowed to die in
- "Pshaw! for die few tays dat I haf to lif it ees fery komfor