. La Comedie Humaine . onreceived orders to close the doors to Monsieur de Eu-bempre, which, as we have seen, was done. Lucien walked about the foyer of the Opera-houselike a drunken man. He saw himself the talk of allParis. In the Due de Rhetore he had, as he knew,one of those pitiless enemies on whom we are com-pelled to smile, unable to avenge ourselves, becausetheir attacks are conformed to the laws of Due de Rhetore knew of the scene that had justtaken place on the portico of the hdtel de felt the absolute necessity of informing hisguardian-counsellor, now hid
. La Comedie Humaine . onreceived orders to close the doors to Monsieur de Eu-bempre, which, as we have seen, was done. Lucien walked about the foyer of the Opera-houselike a drunken man. He saw himself the talk of allParis. In the Due de Rhetore he had, as he knew,one of those pitiless enemies on whom we are com-pelled to smile, unable to avenge ourselves, becausetheir attacks are conformed to the laws of Due de Rhetore knew of the scene that had justtaken place on the portico of the hdtel de felt the absolute necessity of informing hisguardian-counsellor, now hiding in the rue Taitbout,of this sudden disaster, yet he was afraid of compro-mising himself by going to Esthers house where theremight be company. He was so beside himself that heforgot that Esther was in the Opera-house. In themidst of all these terrible perplexities, Rastignac,knowing nothing as yet of what had happened, came What is it, my Lucien ? she said in bis ear themoment that the door closed on Nucingen. i~*-.
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