Such meannesses, the result of vanity and of ambition, are found in many lives like his.

The mantle must be splendid before the eyes of the world, and we steal our friend's or a poor man's cloth to patch it.
Nevertheless, two months after the departure of the countess, Raoul had a certain Rabelaisian "quart d'heure" which caused him some anxiety in the midst of these triumphs.

Du Tillet had advanced a hundred thousand francs, Florine's money had gone in the costs of the first establishment of the paper, which were enormous.

It was necessary to provide for the future.

The banker agreed to let the editor have fifty thousand francs on notes for four months.