Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Charles, who was originally full of confidence, was a little dazed when he heard Eugenie mention her father's creditors.He asked Eugenie puzzledly: "When I left France, didn't my uncle say that he would deal with my father's debts?" Those creditors should have long since disappeared.

Such a natural tone made Eugenie see the shadow of the Grandet family in Charles.But she is not the original owner who was blindfolded for the sake of love, with a sarcastic smile on her lips: "My father, that is, your uncle, of course helped my uncle deal with his debts. Otherwise, I would not Seven years later, my uncle's property is still in liquidation, and he has not declared bankruptcy."

Shire's eyes were straightened by this answer: "The property is still being liquidated? Is my father's property still being liquidated? How is this possible? I thought, I thought that after seven years, those debts have already..."

"This world is a world with rules," Eugenie said to Charles sarcastically: "Even after the revolution, some rules that everyone should abide by still exist, such as debt repayment, such as father's debt. Child compensation."

Charles felt even more unbelievable: "Eugenie, it took me seven years to earn less than 200 million francs, and it was not to pay off my father's debts. His creditors, if my uncle hadn't settled them for him, It shouldn't be up to me to solve it. The money I earn by sweat is not for my father's creditors."

Very well, Eugenie looked at Charles coldly, maybe she still had some views from her previous life, which conflicted with the current European ideas, and there is no concept of father's debt repayment here.

But Eugenie believes that everyone's sense of reputation is the same. With a bankrupt father, Charles' credit will fall to the bottom. No one is willing to associate with the son of a bankrupt businessman, otherwise Guillaume Grande would Taiwan will not give itself a bullet.

Eugenie, who didn't want to talk nonsense, signaled the coachman to go home quickly, and only nodded to Charles, who was still digesting the news that his father might be declared bankrupt seven years after his death, and shook his head. Go back and leave.

Charles was distraught, he would not seek help from Mrs. Aubrion at this time, he knew too well that the family was sticking to him, in order to get the benefits they wanted from himself, instead of being Tired of his own reputation.

There was only one person he could think of to confide in, and that was Mrs. Nucingen, Annette Nucingen.When he came to Nucingen's mansion, he found that the appearance of the mansion had changed a little from before he left Paris. It looked more old-fashioned, but it didn't make people feel dilapidated.

It seems that his departure from Paris had no effect on Mrs. Nucingen's life.No one knows what Charles is thinking, but he is still very kind to the doorman of Nucingen's house: "May I ask if Mrs. Nucingen is at home, please inform me, Charles Grandet asks for a visit."

The doorman gave him a serious look, turned around and walked towards the door without saying anything.Charles was very annoyed by the look of the doorman—before he left Paris, he never had to announce when he went to Nucingen's house, and he could come in and out at any time by himself.

The revolution is really not a good thing. The doorman has no experience in working in aristocratic houses, and I don't know if the upstart in Nucingen hired such a doorman to save money.

Just as she was thinking about how to persuade Annette to fire the doorman who was disrespectful to her, the other party had already stood in front of Charles again: "I'm sorry, sir, madam is going to accompany you to Miss Eugenie's evening banquet. Makeup and fitting, no time to accept your visit."

Eugenie's banquet?Charles' anger was almost turned into substance. He had just met Eugenie, but she didn't invite him to her banquet.With Eugenie's current status, Charles knew that those who could attend her banquet must be either rich or noble.If I can participate, how many people can I know who will be helpful to me?

Now Charles began to regret why he had not written a few letters to Eugenie after leaving France.How easy it is to coax that country girl from the provinces, as long as she writes a sentence or two, she will treat herself as a guest of honor now.

Charles, who already knew that Eugenie was indifferent to him, also knew that he had no position to accuse Eugenie of not entertaining him, so he turned around and walked towards the Champs Elysees Hotel. Looks a little distracted.

He didn't know that when he left the mansion, Annette was quietly observing his movements behind the curtain of a room on the second floor, and found that his direction was not towards Bertin Street. Annette sighed to her maid He said: "It seems that the relationship between Charles and Mademoiselle Eugenie is not as harmonious as he imagined." It is not as strong as his own image.

Of course, Eugenie did not hold any banquet today. This was just an excuse for Annette to test Charles.If Charles really has a good relationship with his cousin, even if he doesn't receive an invitation, he can come directly to the door.Now that Charles was heading away from the Rue Bertin, the sophisticated Mrs. Nucingen Annette immediately noticed the cold relationship between him and his cousin.

This maid has followed Annette for a long time and has seen all the past between Charles and Annette. She does not understand how his wife tempted Mr. Charles: "Mr. Charles has just returned to Paris and is in need of help. If Mrs. Advising him and letting him gain a foothold in Paris faster, wouldn't it be able to enhance his affection for his wife?"

Annette looked at the maid with some perplexity: "Enhance the relationship? Do you think that the relationship is really that important? Miss Eugenie seems to have never had any relationship with anyone beyond friendship, but no one dares to gossip about her." , but respect her even more."

Not only respect, but many people want to curry favor with Mademoiselle Eugenie, but they can't find a way.The maid felt that there was no comparison between the two: "But Miss Eugenie is also lonely."

Annette shook her head uncertainly: "There are so many things to think about every day, she is too busy to keep up, how can she be lonely." If she had so many things to be busy with at the beginning, she wouldn't need to waste so much time on men.

Annette now has her own facial mask factory, and knows how much care it takes to manage a factory every day—the manufacturing process of facial masks is not complicated. Now there are people who follow suit in Paris. In order to keep their market share, Annette also had to rack her brains every day to think of a solution, so she had no time to think of a solution for her ex-lover.

Or, she didn't think it was worth wasting her time for a former lover who was already engaged.

The maid who once benefited from Shire advised her mistress: "Although the wife has been managing her own mask factory, the husband cares too little for the wife. As a woman, the wife should have someone who cares more."

Annette glanced at the maid who had followed her for many years, subconsciously thinking that Elemie would definitely not persuade Eugenie to find someone to care about her.Elemie has now become Eugenie's housekeeper and assistant, and she handles Eugenie's interpersonal relationship with ease.

Maybe I can also consider changing to a maid.Annette asked the maid to go down, and she thought about it outside the window.Nucingen didn't know when she stood outside the door of her room, watching Annette in a daze without saying a word.

Eyes are actually important. When a person is watched by another person all the time, he will quickly find the eyes that fall on him, no matter whether the eyes are full of goodwill or malice.

So Annette quickly found Nucingen standing at the door, and she stood up immediately: "Mr. Nucingen, you are back." When did you come back? Do you know about Charles' visit today?Annette, after all that had happened, dared not think that her husband was ignorant of her affair with Charles.

As if she knew what Annette was thinking, Nucingen glanced at her with a half-smile: "I've been back a long time ago. I knew you were busy, so I didn't let anyone disturb you."

The words were better than the songs, but Annette had to hold back her breath—it was impossible for her to leave Nucingen, no matter how many lovers she had, because none of her lovers could compare with Nucingen. Gen is more generous to provide her with living expenses that she can spend freely.

So Annette showed an unnatural smile: "You are too considerate, Mr. Nucingen. But if I know you are at home, I will ask Mr. Charles to come in and sit down."

After hearing this, Nucingen nodded noncommittally, and made a request to Annette: "No matter what time you are, you can invite Mr. Charles in as a guest. But I think you must be a little dissatisfied with your maid, so you should fire her. "

This is not a tone of discussion at all, but an order.Annette knew that Nucingen had overheard the conversation between the maid and her just now.Even though she has opened a mask factory now, Annette still didn't have the courage to disobey Nucingen, and just nodded in response.

She couldn't help thinking, if facing Eugenie, would Nucingen dare to issue such an order?He would not dare, and he might speak well of the maid in front of Eugenie.

Annette didn't think about the reason why Nucingen treated Eugenie like a god and treated her like nothing. She only needs to know that Nucingen is satisfied that she didn't let Charles visit today, that's enough.

Charles, who didn't know that he had become the touchstone for Nucingen and his wife to confirm their strength, the more he thought about it along the way, the more he felt that it was not so easy for him to regain Eugenie's trust and friendship. As soon as he entered the door, he was caught by Mrs. Aubrion.

"What's wrong with you, Charles, why do you look so spiritless? Don't you know that the one who bought our house is the new governor of the central bank, and it is difficult to redeem the house?" Aub Madame Lyon asked Charles excitedly.

Charles watched Mrs. Aubrion's mouth opening and closing without any focus. He heard something. The person who bought the house of Aubrion's house was actually the governor of the Central Bank. Didn't he just meet him? On the one hand, isn't your cousin very friendly?