Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Annette felt very wronged in her heart. She was not in Paris at that time, and she was really helpless. She couldn't even give Charles a comforting hug. He should know—before I left Paris, I had explained to him why I had to leave. .

Annette raised her head cautiously, and smiled weakly at Eugenie: "Honey, I suddenly feel very dizzy..."

Eugenie actually understood Annette's hidden lines, and after showing her concern for the first time in a sympathetic way, she left the lounge by herself, already laughing in her heart: it seems that she is between Charles and Annette A thorn has fallen.

This made Eugenie very happy—the greatest tragedy of the original body was not that she was Grandet's daughter, nor that Grandet assimilated her into another miser, nor that Des Grassin, Crochet and even the Marquis of Troufon surrounded her, but she fell in love with Charles Grandet unfortunately.

Promise to love when you take something, turn around when you get the thing, and then say you don't love it, this is just an ordinary betrayal in Eugenie's view.But once he said that he didn't love her anymore, but still pressed his head to make the original body admit that he was not worthy of love, it was a bit too much.

What's even more exaggerated is that they all say that they don't love each other. When accepting the benefits given by the original body again, they accept it without mercy and complacently. They brazenly want to support each other with Te. Pengfeng. This is what disgusts Eugenie the most. The place.

So even if Eugenie has no feelings for that Charles who is still blowing the sea breeze in the Indian Ocean, she still planted a thorn between him and his lover in advance, and it doesn't matter whether the thorn takes root or not in the future.

Anyway, it's all by the way.

Eugenie's main concern at present was still the public debt to Tunisia.

On the first page of the "Journal de France" delivered to the mansion the next day, a terrifying headline was written in eye-catching fonts: "Tunisian Turmoil".

Mrs. Taigou, who had appeared in the restaurant earlier than Eugenie, was fascinated by the title, looking very shocked.Seeing Eugenie's figure, she quickly stood up and nervously suggested to Eugenie: "Miss, let's go to the public debt center today and sell all the public bonds you bought yesterday."

Of course, Eugenie also saw the sensational headline, and she was glad that she had changed her luck after coming to Paris. When she heard Mrs. Taigou's suggestion, she couldn't maintain her smile just now: "Why did you sell it?"

Mrs. Teigou also wanted to receive gifts in units of thousands, and she was very worried about Eugenie's transaction: "As soon as such news comes out, the public debt to Tunisia will fall sharply. It is still early, and the public bond has not yet started trading. If you go late, maybe you won’t be able to sell it.”

That's right, the lowest point of public bonds should be before the market closed the day before the news that refuted the rumors, not yesterday.

Eugenie was a little annoyed that she bought it too early.But after thinking about it, if I buy Tunisian government bonds today, and the price of government bonds rises in two days, others will definitely suspect that I have a source of information-the timing of the transaction is so coincidental, and the next time I want to make money, I will be stared at. superior.

Money is endless, and it is safe to be a low-key money-gatherer.

Even after doing such psychological construction, Eugenie still couldn't help but feel that it was a pity, it was money.

"Mrs. Taigou, don't you want to buy some government bonds?" Eugenie felt that even if she didn't buy them, it would be a kind of comfort for those around her to buy them at the lowest point.

Mrs. Taigou can't afford the extra money now, but she should be able to afford five thousand or even ten thousand francs, right?After all, although her salary was only five hundred francs a year, after returning to Paris, she gave her all the money owed to others in one go.

With Mrs. Taigou's shrewdness, Eugenie didn't think she would really pay it all at once. There would always be one or two people who could be fooled. Seeing her repaying other people's money, Eugenie would allow Mrs. Taigou to default. Reasonable.

If Nanon was here, she would definitely follow her advice, take out her annuity, and go directly to buy some public bonds to Tunisia.

Madame Theigou could not help but tremble a little when she heard that Eugenie had made up her mind on herself. It is true that she still had several thousand francs in her hand, but it was her last guarantee. When Eugenie could no longer stay here, Save into an annuity for old age.

It is impossible to buy government bonds that are destined to fall!

……

Just 10 minutes before the public bond exchange was about to stop trading, Tai Grassan squeezed out of the crowd sweating profusely, his high ruffled collar collapsed, and with a face of disapproval, he held [-] shares against Tunisia. The public bond certificate, handed to Mrs. Taigu who looked ashen:

"Marquise de Teygou, I really don't understand..." How could such a shrewd person buy government bonds that have been cut in half at the last moment of the transaction and seem to continue to fall tomorrow.

Mrs. Taigu looked at the certificate in exchange for [-] francs in her hand, with a wry smile on her face: "I can't figure it out myself." How could she be tempted by a country girl from another province.

Of the nine thousand francs, eight thousand was left over from Eugenie's purchase of the bonds two days before, and the other thousand was paid by Madame Taigou herself.Eugenie's condition that most impressed Mrs. Taigou was: if she made money this time, two people would get half of it, but if she lost money, Eugenie would get the thousand francs from Mrs. Taigou in January next year. Compensation for one year's expenses.

Mrs. Teigou was a gambler, and the reason she had to leave Paris was that she could not pay her gambling debts.

Mrs. Taigu couldn't refuse the gamble that was offered by someone.

So even in the face of Tai Grassan's confusion, she can calmly answer: "You know that Miss bought 20 francs of public bonds. I heard that if there are more buyers, the price of public bonds will rise, so I want to help Give me a hand, miss."

Why don't you go to heaven.

Tai Grassan didn't believe a single letter of Mrs. Taygu's words.Looking at the carriage parked on the side of the road waiting for Mrs. Taigou, one couldn't hold back, and followed to the carriage. After the gentleman helped Mrs. Taigou into the carriage, he greeted Eugenie who was sitting in the carriage: "Eugenie If you take the risk again, madam, I shall not be able to write to Monsieur Grandet."

Only a person like Eugenie, who has never been involved in the sale of public debt, dares to think of raising the price of a country's public debt with nine thousand francs.

Eugenie looked frustrated and innocent: "Mr. De Grassan, I have persuaded Mrs. Taigu. But she is my tutor, and she is always the one who guides me. I cannot impose my thoughts on her." body."

Mrs. Taigou's complexion was even worse, because she had promised Eugenie that she would not tell the public that the real leader of the bond sale was Eugenie, and she had to grab the seat cushion of the car hard to keep the irony out of her mouth. .

Even if she only paid a thousand francs herself, Madame Taigou paid more attention to the price of the public debt than Eugenie, who paid nearly 21 francs.The next day, when Eugenie went downstairs to breakfast, she saw the old, sullen face of Mrs. Taigou.

"Miss, I think you can visit Mr. Nucingen again. A young lady has a whole set of diamonds is enough." Mrs. Taigou thinks that the most important thing Eugenie should do now is to recover the funds, so as not to fail next month. Paying the wages of the servants and being suspected of bankruptcy.

The provincial girl who went bankrupt less than two months after coming to Paris had actually endorsed her. Thinking of Mrs. Taigou, she felt that she must have lost her mind at that time.

Eugenie couldn't help laughing: "Hasn't today's newspaper been delivered yet?" Could it be that there is no clarification?

It was precisely because there was no clarification in the newspapers that Mrs. Taigou persuaded Eugenie to continue to mortgage her diamonds.Eugenie quickly understood this point, and felt a little uneasy in her heart, but her face was still calm.

"I have an idea, ma'am," she said to the sullen Mrs. Taigu.

Mrs. Taigu raised her head sharply, and looked at Eugenie eagerly, hoping that what she said was what she wanted to hear.Unexpectedly, what Eugenie said was: "At the ball at Baron de Nucingen's house that day, I found that I am not good at dancing at all. Should I ask a dance teacher to come back and learn?"

Even Elemi could tell that Mrs. Taigou was really angry. Looking at the back of her rushing upstairs angrily, she carefully asked Eugenie: "Will Mrs. Taigou go out with Miss today?"

Eugenie shook her head amusedly. She wanted to say that she didn't know, but the little maid said excitedly, "Then I can go out with the young lady."

In the end, Elemi still didn't get the honor of going out with the young lady—although the family teacher was dissatisfied with the young lady's contemptuous behavior of money, she would not let a maid pass her to accompany the young lady to go out.

"It's not decent." Mrs. Taigu, the governess, had a very strong reason.

Eugenie went out in the afternoon, to the public bond exchange that Mrs. Taigou wanted, but she still sat in the carriage and waited for Mrs. Taicoud, and she went to the exchange to inquire about news by herself.

Just looking at Mrs. Taigou's heavy footsteps and her bent back, Eugenie knew that there was no good news in the market yet.However, the public debt fell as expected, which still gave Eugenie half of her confidence, allowing her to comfort Mrs. Taigou: "Wait a minute, if the turmoil in Tunisia is true, there should be follow-up news today. But there is no news in the newspaper." Follow-up reports, maybe there will be good news tomorrow.”

Mrs. Taigou looked at the optimistic Eugenie with an indescribable expression, and had to tell her the cruel truth: "Miss, the public debt was still six francs yesterday, and when I came out just now, it was already five francs a share." ’” Another fifteen hundred francs disappeared, is that good news?

Unexpectedly, the young lady actually showed a satisfied smile: "Yesterday it fell by half compared to the day before yesterday, and today it only fell. The public debt has fallen to the bottom."

The heartbroken Mrs. Taigu didn't even eat dinner, so she went back to her room to rest.