; in the next, I might only be opening
the way to some painful experience; I might lose the heart of a girl who
loves society, and balls, and personal adornment, and _me_ for the time
being. Some slim and jaunty officer, with a well-frizzed moustache, who
can play the piano, quote Lord Byron, and ride a horse elegantly, may
get her away from me. What shall I do? For Heaven's sake, give me some
advice!"

The honest man, that species of puritan not unlike the father of Jeannie
Deans, of whom I have already told you, and who, up to the present
moment hadn't uttered a word, shrugged his shoulders, as he looked at me
and said:--

"Idiot! why did you ask him if he came from Beauvais?"

ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Taillefer, Jean-Frederic
The Firm of Nucingen
Father Goriot
The Magic Skin

Taillefer, Victorine
Father Goriot

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