To keep my dignity, I flung her the six hundred francs. "There's for the girl," said I.' "
"That is Maxime all over!" cried La Palferine.
"More especially as it was little Croizeau's money," added Cardot the profound.
"Maxime scored a triumph," continued Desroches, "for Hortense exclaimed, 'Oh, if I had only known that it was you!' "
"A pretty 'confusion' indeed!" put in Malaga. "You have lost, milord," she added turning to the notary.
And in this way the cabinetmaker, to whom Malaga owed a hundred crowns, was paid.
PARIS, 1845.
ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Barbet A Distinguished Provincial at Paris The Seamy Side of History The Middle Classes
Bixiou, Jean-Jacques The Purse A Bachelor's Establishment The Government Clerks Modeste Mignon Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Firm of Nucingen The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis Beatrix Gaudissart II. The Unconscious Humorists Cousin Pons
Cardot (Parisian notary) The Muse of the Department Jealousies of a Country Town Pierre Grassou The Middle Classes Cousin Pons
Cerizet Lost Illusions Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Middle Classes
Chaboisseau A Distinguished Provincial at Paris The Government Clerks
Chocardelle, Mademoiselle Beatrix A Prince of Bohemia Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis
Claparon, Charles A Bachelor's Establishment Cesar Birotteau Melmoth Reconciled The Firm of Nucingen The Middle Classes
Desroches (son) A Bachelor's Establishment Colonel Chabert A Start in Life A Woman of Thirty The Commission in Lunacy The Government Clerks A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Firm of Nucingen The Middle Classes
Dudley, Lord The Lily of the Valley The Thirteen Another Study of Woman A Daughter of Eve
Esgrignon, Victurnien, Comte (then Marquis d') Jealousies of a Country Town Letters of Two Brides The Secrets of a Princess Cousin Betty
Estourny, Charles d' Modeste Mignon Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Hortense The Member for Arcis
La Palferine, Comte de A Prince of Bohemia Cousin Betty Beatrix The Imaginary Mistress
Lousteau, Etienne A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor's Establishment Scenes from a Courtesan's Life A Daughter of Eve Beatrix The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty A Prince of Bohemia The Middle Classes The Unconscious Humorists
Montcornet, Marechal, Comte de Domestic Peace Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Peasantry Cousin Betty
Nathan, Raoul Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Secrets of a Princess A Daughter of Eve Letters of Two Brides The Seamy Side of History The Muse of the Department A Prince of Bohemia The Unconscious Humorists
Nucingen, Baron Frederic de The Firm of Nucingen Father Goriot Pierrette Cesar Birotteau Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Another Study of Woman The Secrets of a Princess Cousin Betty The Muse of the Department The Unconscious Humorists
Samanon A Distinguished Provincial at Paris The Government Clerks Cousin Betty
Trailles, Comte Maxime de Cesar Birotteau Father Goriot Gobseck Ursule Mirouet The Member for Arcis The Secrets of a Princess Cousin Betty Beatrix The Unconscious Humorists
Turquet, Marguerite The Imaginary Mistress The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty