Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Even though Nucingen and Annette were not real friends in Eugenie's heart, Eugenie was more willing to see them than Charles.This attitude encouraged Nucingen, and he said excitedly: "I feel the same way as you, Miss Eugenie."

Only Annette was uncomfortable, but Eugenie didn't feel that she had the obligation to help her, and continued to chat with Nucingen: "You must have something important to tell me, don't you, Mr. Nucingen. "

If Nucingen didn't know how to take advantage of the opportunity, he wouldn't be the biggest banker in France, and immediately took Eugenie's words: "Of course, Miss Eugenie, it is I most important thing."

All right, just believe it yourself.Eugenie nodded noncommittally and asked the two to sit down, waiting for Nucingen's next words.

On the contrary, Nucingen twitched in a rare way, looked at Eugenie, lowered his head, then looked at Eugenie again unwillingly, still felt that he couldn't say what he wanted to say, and lowered his head again.

Eugenie is really not a considerate partner, she just watched Nucingen fighting with her heaven and man there, and didn't pass a step for him.In the end, Nucingen felt that it was not right for him to be so twitchy, so he forced himself to raise his head, and first asked Eugenie a question: "Miss Eugenie, after you return to Paris, do you have anything to do with me and Annette?" dissatisfied?"

Eugenie laughed at the sorrow in his tone: "Mr. Nucingen, have you misunderstood something?" Could it be that you can't even express your dissatisfaction with what your husband and wife have done?

The latter words were not uttered, but Nucingen gained great courage: "I knew that Miss Eugenie is a generous person, and she would not abandon her friends just because of a little benefit."

When they first met, she did say that Nucingen and Annette were true friends, but now she was used by Nucingen to seduce her, and Eugenie did not refute, and she still quietly waited for Nucingen to reveal her purpose.

Nucingen seemed to be encouraged, and he spoke more smoothly: "I heard that Mr. Grassan is notifying Mr. Guillaume Grandet's creditors, telling them that Charles Grandet has returned to Paris. These people We are discussing to recover from Mr. Charles the debt that Guillaume Grandet should bear."

Eugenie nodded lightly, this is not a secret, even if Nucingen knew about it a little earlier, there is no need to deny it.

Encouraged, Nucingen stood up excitedly and said to Eugenie: "If I tell you that I am Guillaume's biggest creditor and he owed me a full million francs back then, you will prevent me from paying Will Monsieur Shire recover the sum owed?"

Not to mention Eugenie, even Annette was stunned.As Nucingen's wife, she didn't know when her lover's father owed her husband such a large amount of debt. This kind of embarrassment made Annette wish she had a crack in the ground.

Eugenie also asked strangely: "Mr. Nucingen, at the beginning of the investment, I had looked at the account books of Nucingen Bank, which did not show this claim."

Nucingen smiled awkwardly and shook his head: "This arrears is my personal behavior, so it does not appear in the financial statements of Nucingen Bank."

"May I take the liberty to ask, is your personal relationship with my uncle so good that you can give him such a large amount of money regardless of his financial situation?" Eugenie did not believe that Nucingen had such a good relationship. kindly.

Nucingen, who asked a single sentence, twitched again, and the reason he said next made Eugenie understand why this cheeky banker showed such an expression in front of her:

"Miss Eugenie, although you have been in Paris for seven years, because you have never been with ladies very much, you don't know that the relationship between Annette and Mr. Charles Grandet was beyond friendship, which made me stay in Paris. What an embarrassing situation you are in." At this point, Nucingen glanced at the silent Annette, and found that his wife's face was turning red and pale, and her mood improved a little.

It’s not enough to be embarrassed by myself, Nucingen continued: “So when someone told me that Mr. Guillaume had encountered financial problems, I thought of an idea of ​​revenge on Mr. Charles.”

"That is to become Mr. Guillaume's creditor, so that he can never lift his head when facing me. No, ma'am, please don't look at me with that kind of eyes. As a husband, I shouldn't treat Xia Will Mr. Hall retaliate?"

"Don't say you don't know. If it weren't for Guillaume's financial support, what else would Mr. Charles Grandet have to offer besides his fair face? His marksmanship is really good enough for a duel, or is he Can you win a race with your riding skills?" Nucingen yelled at Annette angrily, then inadvertently saw that Eugenie was also paying attention to him, and unconsciously lowered his voice.

"Miss Eugenie, please don't laugh at my narrow-mindedness. At that time, I was young and still had feelings for Annette." Speaking of this, Nucingen laughed at himself: "Even if I know that Mr. Charles is not the first One, and it won't be the last, still can't help but be jealous of his relationship with Annette."

"Who knew that Guillaume would rather commit suicide than accept the reputation of bankruptcy alive. I only got back 100 francs of my 47 million funds." Nucingen said unwillingly about his loss.

Eugenie smiled slightly: "Only 47 francs have been recovered, so Mr. Nucingen's loss is really not small. However, when you first lent money to my uncle, shouldn't you be prepared to never get back the entire loan?" ?”

So don't pretend to be angry, you should have thought of such a result long ago.But as for Nucingen's intention to deal with Charles, Eugenie felt that he should deal with it directly, and she would not stop her.

When Eugenie pointed out the problem, Nucingen's thick skin blushed, and Annette said in disbelief: "Mr. Nucingen, please tell me that Mr. Guillaume was cheated and went bankrupt. You didn't do anything behind your back."

Nucingen was about to be stupidly cried by his wife, in front of Eugenie, could he ask such a thing? !

After Guillaume's accident, Grandet immediately sent Grassand to Paris, making Nucingen always think that Grandet's brotherhood was deep, so he didn't make further troubles.Now being asked face to face by Annette, he would naturally deny it.

No matter whether he admits it or not, Eugenie only asks one question: "Mr. Nucingen, please answer me too. When you accepted my investment in Nucingen Bank, did you still think of using it to treat Grand? Taiwan family to retaliate?"

Just say that my investment in Nucingen Bank went too smoothly. Even if Nucingen originally wanted to prevent his investment from falling into the hands of other banks, he should not have taken the initiative to give up the shares again and again, and finally got them in his own hands. Reached as much as 40.00%.Now Eugenie knew the whole truth, and she asked Nucingen only to make sure.

Regarding this point, Nucingen even wants to completely deny it.Fortunately, Eugenie asked, just to let Nucingen know that she was not a fool fooling around with him, and she didn't care what the answer was.

If Nucingen, who was trying to defend himself, knew Eugenie's true thoughts, he would definitely tell her that whoever dares to treat Eugenie as a fool is really stupid, okay?

Who dares to treat Eugenie as a fool who has been able to support the revolutions of several countries secretly and has not failed, yet sits on the position of the governor of the central bank without being suspected by those in power and treated as a guest of honour? !

It wasn't until Nucingen spoke dryly that Elemie brought coffee in a timely manner so that Nucingen could temporarily change the subject, and Eugenie asked his real purpose again: "Mr. Nucingen , now you can make it clear that you want to recover the debt, but only against Charles Grandet?" Will you want your nominal cousin to replace him when Charles hasn't paid the money? He takes on debt?

Nucingen nodded without hesitation: "Naturally," he put down the cup of coffee that helped him out: "Since you invested in Nucingen Bank, I have let go of my prejudice against Mr. Shire. So now I just want to get back own loss."

Eugenie listened to such swear words.Annette has been in shock, with a look of panic on her face.Eugenie knew exactly what she was thinking: the direct cause of Nucingen's loss was the extraordinary friendship between Annette and Charles.

Now that Nucingen doesn't want to let Charles Grandet go, who knows when he will feel that Annette, the culprit, should pay the price?If Nucingen really wanted Annette to pay something, Eugenie believed that he would be able to do so without anyone noticing it.

Poor people must have something to hate, this sentence is really universal.Although Eugenie didn't sympathize with Annette, she didn't want them to talk about housework in her home, so she asked them to leave after a cup of coffee.

The reason is also very simple, that is, Eugenie has a new visitor, and it is a person whom Nucingen just mentioned—Mr. de Grassan.

This banker, who, like Eugenie, had come from Saumur, had now given up his banking business altogether, and devoted himself to being a politician.The status of a member of the House of Representatives made the relationship between him and Nucingen different from before. Nucingen didn't dare to ask him why he came to visit Eugenie.

If Nucingen had been more courageous, he should have continued to stay with the cheek, maybe he could hear Grassan report to Eugenie: "Miss Eugenie, all creditors have been notified, and they will Appear tomorrow at the hotel where Mr. Charles lives, and ask him to directly recover the debt owed by Guillaume Grandet."