Adolphine also felt a shock of fear.

Baruch and Francois looked at each other in surprise.

Old Hochon kept his self-possession, and offered a seat to the son of Madame Bridau.
"I have come, monsieur," said Philippe, "to introduce myself to you; I am forced to consider how I can manage to live here, for five years, on sixty francs a month." "It can be done," said the octogenarian.
Philippe talked about things in general, with perfect propriety.

He mentioned the journalist Lousteau, nephew of the old lady, as a "rara avis," and won her good graces from the moment she heard him say that the name of Lousteau would become celebrated.

He did not hesitate to admit his faults of conduct.