Eugenie with money [Grandet]

"Miss," Elemi called from outside the door, and before Eugenie called her in, she had already opened the door: "No, madam, the Countess of Nucingen and the manager of the facial mask factory are here, okay It looks like something happened at the mask factory."

Eugenie stood up abruptly, and didn't care to pick up the opened book when it dropped on the carpet, and asked anxiously: "What happened to the mask factory, what happened?" While speaking, the person had already left the room.

Elemi called from behind: "Miss, you need to change a dress."

Eugenie did not turn her head to go downstairs, completely disregarding the impoliteness of seeing the manager in house clothes.Elemi misses Mrs. Taigu a little bit now, and feels that if Mrs. Taigu still has something, she will be able to convince the lady to change into regular clothes.

"Annette, what's the matter?" Eugenie asked out of breath as soon as she entered the room, forgetting her honorific title.

Annette lingered on Eugenie's home clothes for a while, and then pointed to the factory manager: "You should ask Tassier."

The manager bowed his head profusely in sweat, and whispered: "A group of civilians who dispersed from the palace happened to pass by the mask factory. I don't know who said it first. They actually believed that our factory belonged to Count La Saunière. Industry. The civilians were agitated and started attacking the factories. You know, miss, the workers in the factories were women, and they couldn't resist the angry crowd."

"Has the factory been burned by them?" Eugenie thought of a possibility and asked the manager with a pale face.

The manager shook his head: "They just robbed the raw material warehouse, and some people put water in the saltpeter warehouse."

"Oh, my God." Eugenie groaned. "Who gave them the idea? How did they know that there was saltpeter in that warehouse?"

No one can answer this question.Eugenie then asked: "Then the loss statistics are out, have you gone to the police?"

The manager shook his head: "At this time, the people in the police station have already left work, miss." Eugenie looked out the window and found that night had fallen at some point, covering all the crimes.

"Annette, what should I do. You know, my only hope now is the mask factory. Those people took away all the raw materials and destroyed all the nitrates. I, I..." Ou Ye Ni finally couldn't help crying.

Annette looked at Eugenie sympathetically, but could think of no words of comfort.The manager rubbed his hands anxiously: "Miss, I need to go back and count the losses."

"You should have done the statistics just now!" Eugenie lost her former elegance, and shouted at the manager in a somewhat mournful voice.

The manager kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, and lowered his head even more.Annette could only say: "Eugenie, let him go. The girls need his reassurance, too."

Eugenie waved her hand weakly, and the manager left as quickly as if she had received an amnesty, for fear that Eugenie would hold him accountable and make him compensate for the loss.

"Annette, why am I so unlucky." Eugenie's tears flowed down again after the manager left: "You know, I only have this factory left now. Now it is also destroyed, and I have to give Where should Dad get 30.00% of his annual profit from?"

Annette comforted her sympathetically: "Count Grandet is your father, how could he really want your profits. He must be joking with you."

"No, you don't know Annette, even though he is my father, he has always been very clear with me financially." Eugenie wiped her tears: "It seems that I have to go back to Saumur and ask my father Explain the situation yourself."

"You want to go back to Saumur?" Annette was a little surprised when she heard Eugenie's sudden decision: "But now the bond market..."

Eugenie shook her head and said, "If I stay now, it won't help the public bond market. Annette," she said with a solemn expression after her tears had dried up, "please tell Count Nucingen, If he wanted to keep Nucingen Bank alive, he had to consider whether to take the lead in bailing out the market. After all, banks need liquidity, and if there are only public bond certificates left in the bank's vault, then the bank will be in danger. "

This was the most sincere advice, and Annette also recognized it, and assured Eugenie that she would pass on her advice to Nucingen verbatim, and comforted Eugenie a few words. The next day he was going back to Saumur, so he bid farewell to Eugenie.

Eugenie did not stay with Annette, and after sending her away, she asked Elemie to start packing her luggage.Elemi asked worriedly: "Miss, are you going back to Saumur alone? Now there is no postcoach, how do you go back?"

Of course Eugenie would not leave now, she found her traveling clothes, and told her after listening to Elemie's words: "It doesn't matter, there is no stagecoach and the driver can take me back directly."

"But miss, it's not safe for you to go alone." The more Elemi thought about it, the more pitiful she felt. She had been working here for more than three years, and the lady had always been kind and generous, but now she wanted to leave Paris with nothing. It's so miserable.

In order not to make Miss too lonely, Elemie made a decision: "Miss, I will accompany you back to Saumur."

At this time, accompany me back to Saumur?Eugenie picked out the clothes she was going to take away, and looked up at Elemie: "Elemie, you know I have almost nothing now, even if you go back to Saumur with me, you won't get so much in Paris." You may encounter some dangers along the way, so you should stay and watch the house, maybe I will come back anytime.”

"No." Elemie put Eugenie's jewelry box at the bottom of the suitcase and covered it with her clothes before she said, "Even if there is danger on the road and the lady doesn't pay me, I will go back with the lady." Go to Saumer. When I see Madame Cornoilier, she thinks that I need not stay, and I will come back and look after the house for Mademoiselle."

It seems that Nanon's influence is still great, and Eugenie was amused: "Okay, then everything will be decided after returning to Saumur. Go and pack your luggage. We will set off tomorrow morning."

"Miss's things haven't been packed yet." Elemi looked at the pile of clothes on the bed with some embarrassment, not knowing how to choose for Eugenie.

Eugenie asked her to leave the decision to herself, as long as she packed up what she needed to go back to Saumur.After hearing this, Elemi went back to her room uneasy, while Eugenie came to Grandet's secret room again.

Fortunately, the funds from several sales of public debt have been turned into gold and transported to the apartment, but it took a lot of work to pack the 440 million francs—the box that Nanon transported gold to Paris has been repacked by Grandet. The gold was brought back to Saumur, and Eugenie searched for a long time before she found an unobtrusive box that could hold the banknotes.

At dawn the next day, when Elemi came to Eugenie's bedroom, she found that the three large boxes had been packed, and there were some clothes on the bed and sofa, which were obviously selected.

"Miss, shall we go now?" Elemie also changed into a silver-gray skirt, and the apron she wore all year round was taken off. She looked like an ordinary female worker.

Eugenie was very satisfied with her attire, and told her that she had to wait a while, because she thought that her carriage was not suitable for long-distance travel, and she had asked the driver to find an acquaintance she knew, and exchange it for a carriage suitable for the journey.

It took more than an hour before the coachman came back with a man with a beard and fierce eyes.Eugenie asked: "What's the matter, is Mr. Pablo not willing to change the car for you?"

"No, madam. M. Papillot agrees to change the carriage, but he thinks that I have no experience in driving long-distance carriages, so he is willing to let José do the driving for you." The coachman lowered his head as he spoke, not daring to meet Eugenie's eyes.

Elemi tugged at Lao Genie's skirt, reminding her that José was a Spanish name.Eugenie also noticed it herself, and asked the coachman a little harshly: "That is to say, when I need you most, you are going to back down, right?"

The coachman continued to bow his head without answering a word.The new coachman named José said to Eugenie in a buzzing voice: "Miss, I drive very well and have experience in traveling at night. I will definitely take you to Saumur safely."

Eugenie was still looking at her original coachman, and sighed slowly: "You really let me down. Now, you are fired."

Neither Elemie nor the cook who came to see Eugenie and the others off did not intercede for the coachman—it is true that everyone earns wages, but it is too much to entrust the safety of the lady to a complete stranger at such a juncture. Too much.

Under the watchful eyes of Eugenie, the coachman returned to the mansion to take away his belongings. The porter was ordered not to let him in again, and the cook was also ordered not to go out except for shopping, so Eugenie stepped into the car. The exchanged carriage.

Accustomed to seeing Eugenie's luxurious two-wheeled carriage, Elemi was not optimistic about this very ordinary-looking, somewhat old carriage. What made her even more unfavorable was the new coachman with very fierce eyes. :

"Miss, this coachman seems very difficult to talk to. Are we really going to send him back to Saumur?" Elemie leaned close to Eugenie's ear and said.

Eugenie half-closed her eyes and didn't know what she was thinking. She opened her eyes when she heard Elemi's question: "Otherwise, what should we do? In such a short period of time, we will face the same problem with whomever we drive."

"But miss," Elemie saw through the carriage and found that the direction of the car was not the direction out of the city: "Now he is taking a detour. Hey——" Eugenie had no time to stop, and Elemie had already pointed her head and shouted at the driver Get up: "Where are you going to drag us? Let me tell you, this is Paris, if you dare..."

Eugenie had no choice but to directly cover Elemi's mouth, pull her head back, and whisper to her: "Don't shout, I trust him, and I trust Pablo who was sent to drive me."

Pablo had been to the mansion before, and Elemi still knew about him. When Eugenie said she believed them, Elemi murmured that she knew, and Eugenie let her go carefully, her hands still in mid-air , to prevent Elemi from shouting again.

Elemie shook her head at Eugenie, and promised softly: "I won't shout, miss, don't worry." While talking, she looked around and whispered to Eugenie: "But miss, he is really not Take us back to Saumur."

"I know." Eugenie said calmly, "I told Pablo that if the original coachman didn't accept his money, he wouldn't need to change my coachman. But a new coachman came, obviously the original one. The coachman has been bought."

"Since he can be bought by Pablo, others can also know our whereabouts through him, so we can't leave Paris for the time being." Eugenie explained to Elemi the reason why the coachman took a detour—does anyone know? Spying on your home, or wanting to lay hands on your last fortune?

Elemi nodded in admiration: "You are too thoughtful, miss."

Eugenie put down her hands, her eyes were half closed again and she began to think about something.Elemi looked worriedly at the route the car had driven, and found that the car drove through the Champs-Elysées Avenue, passed the Madeleine Church, and got closer and closer to the Seine River. He stopped in front of the apartment where the class lived.

Eugenie gestured to her, Elemi pursed her lips nervously, and shook her head slightly to indicate that she would not make a sound.Eugenie nodded in satisfaction and motioned her to open the car door.

Elemi opened the door as lightly as possible, and the new coachman Jose was already standing at the bottom of the steps graciously, and even stretched out his hand to Elemi, trying to help her get off the car.Elemi exhausted all her strength, restrained herself from not opening Jose's hand, and showed him a smile uglier than crying: "I will do it myself."

Not only did she get out of the car by herself, but she also stood guard at the bottom of the steps and helped Eugenie out of the car, and they both turned around and looked at the apartment in front of them.Four storey apartment, like most of the surrounding buildings, has seen some age.

There were not many people going in and out, even if they found strange faces, seeing Eugenie and the others were all wearing traveling clothes, they thought they were tourists who had just arrived in Paris from other provinces, they just looked at them curiously, then continued walking indifferently, It should have been used to the tenants coming and going here.

Eugenie's master and servant came to an apartment on the first floor, and Pablo was standing in the open door, looking out, and when he saw the two coming, he showed a simple and honest smile: "Good day, miss. "

Even if she only met Pablo once, Elemie felt relieved—seeing a familiar face after nervousness always makes people feel more at ease—she silently bowed to him, and put Pablo Startled.

Eugenie smiled and took Elemi into the room: "Elimie, you don't have to care about so many etiquettes when you come here. We may have to stay here for a while. If you are too polite, Pablo and the others will Uncomfortable."

Elemi agreed, and seeing the young lady went directly to the living room at ease, as if she had been here many times, she couldn't help admiring the young lady's unruffled behavior in times of crisis.At this time Jose had already brought all the suitcases in, and Eugenie let Pablo carry her own suitcases and went back to the bedroom directly.

The furnishings in the bedroom are still full of bourgeois style, Eugenie nodded in satisfaction: "Okay Pablo, go and do your own thing."

Pablo nodded, and said, "We live next door. If Miss has something to do, you can ask Elemi to inform me. If it is not necessary, Miss should try not to go out. I will inquire and deliver the news for Miss."

"Send this letter to Saumur." Eugenie didn't want Grandet or Nanon, who had left Paris, to come back because of her disappearance, and become a target for others to threaten her.

After receiving the letter, Pablo smiled again: "It just so happens that the last batch of nitrate is going to be transported to Traufon today, so let them send one of them on horseback to the master."

Seeing that Eugenie had no other orders, Pablo closed the door for her and left by himself.Elemi knocked on Eugenie's door after almost sending Pablo away, which made Eugenie extremely helpless: "Elimie, you can also take a rest."

"But miss," Elemi felt that she was too difficult: "Now there are only two of us, but I, I can barely cook the food..."

It turned out to be because of this. Could it be that food is the paramount necessity of the people?Otherwise, why did my maid start worrying about eating before she went around the whole house?Eugenie thought so, and asked the same question. Elemi looked at her puzzledly: "Miss, are you hungry? It's already two o'clock in the afternoon, and you haven't had lunch yet."

Just when Elemi was worried about whether Eugenie was hungry, Nucingen was yelling at Annette: "She is going back to Saumur, why didn't you inform me immediately?"

Annette defended weakly: "This is her freedom, isn't it? Besides, the factory was destroyed, and Eugenie's investment in Paris was tantamount to a failure. How can she maintain her dignity in Paris?"

Nucingen laughed at Annette's innocence: "Her investment in Paris failed? Madame, have you forgotten that she still holds 40.00% of the shares in Nucingen Bank. Even if Nucingen Bank goes bankrupt and liquidated, For the last francs left, she can also share forty centimes!"

Annette looked at Nucingen speechlessly, feeling no resemblance to the person who took the initiative to make up for his losses two days ago: "Mr. Nucingen, whenever something happens, you will blame me You obviously didn’t show up at home last night, you went to celebrate your mistress’s birthday, and now you’re blaming me again.”

Speaking of this, Annette is not without anger: this is her husband, and if something happens, he will blame her, even if the fault is caused by himself.

She didn't want to bear it any longer.

Nucingen was exposed by Annette, and he couldn't help becoming angry: "My mistress, do you dare to say, don't you know how my mistress came to me? You are really a virtuous wife. For yourself and that Charles Better to have fun, just find me a perfect mistress."

Annette looked at Nucingen in surprise, not expecting that he already knew everything.Nucingen's face was distorted: "Why, countess, do you have nothing to say? If it weren't for your father, it was because of your father that the Nucingen Bank had a firm foothold in Paris at first, and that Niege Lang Earl, also because you look at me differently, do you think your scandal can be kept for such a long time?"

The fig leaf was uncovered layer by layer, and Annette looked at Nucingen who was in a frenzy with a bloodless face: "You are crazy, Nucingen, I don't know what you are talking about."

"That's right, I'm crazy." Nucingen looked at Annette viciously: "I'm also surprised that the king's attendant is such a sentimental person. As long as his sentimentality doesn't hurt me Benefits, I don't mind pretending I don't know. But now, "

He stared at Annette with bloodshot eyes, as if looking at his worst enemy: "He let my bank be liquidated immediately, and you, his mistress, let Eugenie, who was most likely to save my bank, go away." to Paris."

"How could it be?" Annette felt Nucingen's madness, fearing that he would not be able to control his emotions, came up and strangled himself, and hurriedly argued for Earl Niegelang: "The servant has always taken great care of the Nucingen Bank, If it weren't for him, Leeds Bank would have surpassed Nucingen Bank to become the largest bank in Paris."

Seeing that Nucingen could still listen to her own words, Annette breathed a sigh of relief: "There is a crown prince behind Leeds Bank. If it weren't for the care of Earl Negerand, Nucingen Bank would have been crushed by him."

"You're right." Nucingen looked at Annette with ambiguity: "But now, your Earl Niegelang has been ordered by the crown prince to go home and reflect."

"When the king recovers, he will recall Count Niejran." Annette wanted to grab the last straw.Nucingen smiled: "Madame, you have been pretending to be disgustingly naive, but you are really so naive."

Annette ignored Nucingen's mocking tone and asked, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Nucingen smiled contemptuously: "Apart from unreliable love, have you thought about other things in your mind? Your cleverness is all about secretly dating people without being discovered Are you exhausted? The crown prince dares to order Nie Rilang to go home and reflect, but you still think that the king will recover one day?"

After finishing speaking, Nucingen turned around and was about to go out, ignoring Annette who was slumped on the sofa.Annette asked anxiously, "Where are you going?"

"Of course it is to save Nucingen Bank." Nucingen said without looking back.

His destination was the residence of Eugenie on Bertin Street, but the doorman told him that the lady took Elemie back to Saumur, and he didn't know when she would be back.Even though he knew the answer a long time ago, Nucingen was still a little disappointed and let the car stay under the marble steps for a long time, until the coachman asked anxiously, "My lord, where are we going now?"

"Let's go to the palace." Nücingen, who was always full of air, now spoke in a very weak voice. If his business opponents heard it, they would definitely fabricate rumors that his bank was about to go bankrupt.

The crown prince heard Nucingen's request for an interview, and soon had him brought to his office.Nuqingen didn't dare to look at the Crown Prince's office. It was different from that of the French King. He saluted respectfully: "His Royal Highness."

"Count Nucingen." The prince's voice sounded very serious, which made Nucingen's body tremble.