He was one who made it a point never to be in good humor.

His eldest son, who is a friend of the viscount's, and who comes here occasionally, is a pit without a bottom, as far as money is concerned.

He will fritter away a thousand-franc note quicker than Joseph can smoke a pipe." "But the marquis is not rich," said a little old man, who himself had perhaps the enormous wages of fifteen francs; "he can't have more than sixty thousand francs' income at the most." "That's why he gets angry.

Every day there is some new story about his son.

He had an apartment in the house; he went in and out when he pleased; he passed his nights in gaming and drinking; he cut up so with the actresses that the police had to interfere.