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...heir enter- prise constituted a fine establishment in the rue du Faubourg- Saint-Denis. In spite of their long-standing rights, in spite, too, of thei... ...on still continued, so productive is a line on which are little towns like Saint-Denis and Saint-Brice, and villages like Pierrefitte, Groslay, Ecouen... ... width. Though its frontage has only three or four windows on the faubourg Saint-Denis, the building extends back through a long court-yard, at the en... ...s thrust into his pockets through the apertures of his blouse, beneath the porte-cochere of the Lion d’Argent, whence he could see, diagonally , the k... ... be read on a long sign, “Hotel du Lion d’Argent,” stood the stablemen and porters of the coaching-lines watching the lively start of the vehicles whi... ...unk, which Pierrotin lifted, weighed, and examined. “Here,” he said to his porter, “wrap it up carefully in soft hay and put it in the boot. There’ s ... ..., here returned, making their boot-heels tap upon the paved passage of the porte-cochere. They might have heard the whole of this maternal homily. So,... ...man. Then the young fellow swells himself out; his swagger is all the more portentous because it is exercised on nothings. Yet if he envies a fool who... ...e Leger,” said Pierrotin, when they reached the steep hill of the faubourg Saint-Denis by the rue de la Fidelite, “suppose we get out, hey?” “I’ll get...

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...ce of de Suffren in the Indian Ocean, and the friend- ship of the Comte de Portenduere. His splendid conduct while flag-captain to Admiral Kergarouet ... ...nde. This public curiosity brought in an enormous sum to the family of the porter and gardener, not less, in two years, than seventeen francs. After t... ...d the full merit of that sacrifice.” “Are these Kergarouets related to the Portendueres, and to old Admiral de Kergarouet, whose widow married Charles... ...e himself, to an heiress, Berthe de Cinq-Cygne; of the Vicomte Savinien de Portenduere, the Duc and Duchesse de Rhetore, the Duc and Duchesse de Lenon... ...breakfast, however, she asked him suddenly:— “What did you do yesterday?” “Portenduere kept me to dinner,” he replied, “and after that we went to the ... ...ther or seducer. Madame Schontz had re- ceived the gratuitous education of Saint-Denis, where young girls are admirably brought up, but where, unfortu... ... ment. For mere amusement during the time she pined as un- der-mistress at Saint-Denis, she had made some advance in the domain of the sciences, but h...

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...s raised three storeys, end- ing in a mansard roof covered with slate. The porte-cochere, heavy and solid, showed by its workmanship and style that th... ...poch when the quarter d’Enfer enjoyed a certain vogue. On one side was the porter’s lodge; on the other the stair- case of the front building. Two win... ...t honest, unassuming style which was often employed in former days for the porter’s lodges of the royal chateaux. 8 The Lesser Bourgeoisie This build... ...ound which lay between it and the street. He probably pulled down the fine porte-cochere or entrance gate, flanked by little lodges which guarded the ... ...as to his social value. Thuillier and his sister were children of the head porter at the ministry of finance. Jerome had escaped, thanks to his near-s... ... Legion of honor, to enable him to put his daughter at the royal school of Saint-Denis. The half- scholarship obtained by Keller for the eldest boy, C... ...n his waist- coat. He looked into all his tradesmen’s accounts; he went to Saint-Denis to judge for himself the prices of things. Talma was his friend...

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...e. de Bargeton was not at home to him, and not only so, 35 Balzac but the porter would not allow him to go up to her rooms; so he stayed outside in t... ...hold owed fifty francs in the Quarter to the baker, the milkwoman, and the porter. The author had only the strictly necessary clothes—a coat, a shirt,... ...ed him daily, and enjoyed the privi- lege of ridiculing kings and the most portentous events, of calling anything and everything in question with a je... ...round at the printers’ by six o’clock to-morrow, old chap, to send off the porters.)— The newspaper, sir, is written in the street, at the writers’ ho... ...the foot of the flight he stopped, but it was only to light a cigar at the porter’s box. “If any subscribers come, you see them and take note of them,... ...is the programme,” said de Marsay, as the cab rattled through the Faubourg Saint-Denis: “Y ou stand up at twenty- 286 A Distinguished Provincial at P...

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...of commerce were to be seen; on the other hand, 4 Pierrette the luxurious porte-cocheres of the rich were few, and those few turned seldom on their h... ...t in due time to Monsieur Rogron, son of the deceased, a mercer in the rue Saint-Denis in Paris. And this is where the postal spirit obtains its great... ...in shopkeepers originally from Provins and now settled in Paris in the rue Saint-Denis. T wo years later she was “at par,” as they say; she earned her... ...nts paid nothing for her. That is what is called being “at par” in the rue Saint-Denis. Sylvie had a salary of four hundred francs. At nineteen years ... ...in the Maison Julliard, wholesale silk dealers at the “Chi- nese Worm” rue Saint-Denis. The history of the sister was that of the brother. Y oung Jero... ...Paris. To them the great city was merely a region spreading around the Rue Saint-Denis. Their narrow natures could see no field except the shop. They ... ...r his torso. In that fat and active body an absolutely lawless spirit dis- ported itself, and a thorough experience of the things of life, together wi... ...ctor of the Messageries-royales, took Pierrette by the hand, and while the porters were discharging in the Grand’Rue the packages and passengers for P...

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...d that upon an early day, at about twelve o’clock, they should meet at the Porte St. Honore, then a very de- serted spot, and that the coach of M. de ... ...on several of his friends, and, taking one of them for second, went to the Porte St. Honore. There everything fell out just as had been arranged. The ... ...Chatillon, since of Mecklenburg, lodged in one of the last houses near the Porte St. Honore, and at the noise made by the coaches, put, her head to th... ...nd his for- tune. Every year he kept sacred the day of his death, going to Saint-Denis, or holding solemnities in his own house if at Blaye. Veneratio... ... did M. de Cambrai little service. If people were offended to find it sup- ported upon no authority, they were much more so with its confused and emba... ...he troops in her sedan-chair-alone, between its three windows drawn up-her porters having retired to a distance. On the left pole in front sat Madame ... ...ary. At midnight on Wednesday he was carried, with but little ceremony, to Saint-Denis, and deposited in the royal vaults. His funeral services were s... ...enis, and deposited in the royal vaults. His funeral services were said at Saint-Denis on the 18th of the following June, and at Notre Dame on the 3rd... ... T uesday, the 23rd February, the two bodies were taken from Versailles to Saint-Denis in the same chariot. The pro- cession began to enter Paris by t...

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...emours; among them, at the period of which we write, that of the family of Portenduere was the most important. These exclusives visited none but noble... ...watched by the bourgeoisie. The nobles of the town had no money. Madame de Portenduere’s sole possessions were a farm which brought a rental of forty-... ...asked, as they left the house. “Emigres,” answered the post master, “named Portenduere.” The house once bought, the illustrious doctor, instead of lea... ... His linen, thick with darns, rubbed his skin like a hair shirt. Madame de Portenduere, and other good souls, had an agreement with his housekeeper to... ...be, who was always at the beck and call of his parishioners, and Madame de Portenduere, who went to bed at nine o’clock. So, much against his will, he...

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...ely, tender, melancholy, and powerful, that I saw myself in ecstasy trans- ported into that happy time and abode, where my heart, possessing all the f... ...p, this chanced to be the Marquis de Bonac, who had been ambassador at the Porte, and was ac- quainted with every particular relative to the Holy Sepu... ...iled on the parapet, and then threw down one after the other, being trans- ported at seeing them roll, rebound, and fly into a thousand 162 The Confe... ...ime, soon allayed the ardent enthusiasm by which I had so long been trans- ported; and I insensibly, almost to myself even, again be- came fearful, co... ...m whom she found means to reap considerable benefit. Theresa had long sup- ported her by her industry, and now maintained her with my bread. She owed ...

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...us in a household; the ninth thermidor, 10 Bureaucracy like so many other portentous events, was the result of fe- male influence. Thus, goaded by Ce... ...ay. Education, equally distributed through the masses, brings the son of a porter into a government office to decide the fate of some man of merit or ... ..., and l’Ambigu-Comique were within a stone’s throw, and, fur- ther on, the Porte-Saint-Martin, Elisabeth had never seen a comedy. When she asked to “s... ...e, and old Catherine, Madame Saillard’s woman-servant, to- gether with the porter or his wife, stood looking on at the door of the salon. The servants... ...d several elegant young men, such as Paul de Manerville and the Vicomte de Portenduere. Celestine was pouring out tea when the general-secretary enter... ...you will forgive me,—you are not a school-girl, or a bourgeoise of the rue Saint-Denis. Bah! you and I are too well brought up for that. There’s the M...

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... before him, with one hand placed on his shoulder. Morrel, horrified, sup- ported his head with one hand, and with the other pressed his heart, lest i... ...l fell, then, in a loyal duel, and not in ambush as it might have been re- ported. In proof of this we have signed this paper to establish the truth o... ...s house in the Champs Elysees. When he pre- sented himself at the gate the porter informed him that the Count had gone out about half an hour previous... ...ing the Chinese Baths, and appeared to have come from the direction of the Porte Saint-Martin, and to be going towards the Madeleine. “Ah,” said Morce... ...e in the evening. But scarcely had be stepped out of his carriage when the porter met him with a parcel in his hand. “Sir,” said he, “that man has bee... ...er, smoking his pipe, was plodding along toward the limits of the Faubourg Saint-Denis, where no doubt he ordinarily had his station. “Ho, friend!” sa... ...p, la!” Andrea got into the cab, which passed rapidly through the Faubourg Saint-Denis, along the Faubourg Saint-Martin, crossed the barrier, and thre...

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...me, the 4 A Second Home Rues de l’Homme Arme, des Billettes, and des Deux-Portes, all leading to the Rue du Tourniquet, might think he had passed thr... ...replace, where she nursed the fire in a brazier, to simmer a stew, such as porters’ wives are expert in. A few kitchen utensils, hung up against the w... ... came out to choose seats in a chaise at the corner of the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis and the Rue d’Enghien, there she found her Unknown stand- ing l... ... accepted without ado; but presently, when they were already on the way to Saint-Denis, she was by way of having scruples, and made a few civil speech... ... from closing her eyes all night; and by the time the carriage had reached Saint-Denis, Madame Crochard seemed to be fast asleep. Her snores, indeed, ... .... “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted. And he ran up to his room to read the following...

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...uting out, Down with all the people I have mentioned, each in his turn. * It is said that Mazarin, who, though a cardinal, had not taken such vows as ... ...and Aramis was obliged to shake him by the ear to awake him. Bazin stretched his arms, rubbed his eyes, and tried to go to sleep again. “Come, come, s... ...em proverbial for eccentricity in her family. She was in a little boudoir, hung with blue damask, adorned by red flowers, with a foliage of gold, look... ...ost grotesque fowl it is possible to imagine. He then began to visit his friends of both sexes, in that strange costume. At first he had been followed... ...to keep off interlopers.” “V ery well, monsieur; I will obey you at all points.” Athos made two visits in Paris; at seven o’clock he and Raoul directe...

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...t seem to you quite natural. I met him by chance, three months ago, at the Porte-Saint-Martin theatre, where I went one day when I had leave, for we h... ... into some Italian palaces, remotely imitated in those of the front of the Porte-Saint-Martin theatre. The least clear- sighted observer might have se... ...bands, or friends doing sentry for a friend; but rarely do you meet a face portending such coarse and fierce thoughts as animated that of the gloomy a... ...uld cherish a revenge, and be as devoted to her as to me. Neither the door-porter, nor the neighbors, nor the other inhabit- ants of the house—in shor... ...eriting her furniture and her profession, neither the neigh- bors, nor the porter, nor the other tenants in the house have ever set eyes on her. My la... ... the world, embracing the course of the Seine, with Montmartre, Paris, and Saint-Denis. “My children,” said Carlos, “your dream is over.—You, little o... ...nt-sur-Oise?” repeated Peyrade. 200 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life “Or by Saint-Denis?” said the sham lawyer. Peyrade lost his presence of mind. The ... ... The Duke took Corentin aside to tell him all he already knew. Monsieur de Saint-Denis listened coldly and respectfully, amusing himself by studying t... ...eight o’clock, I will be— But shall we get places?” he said to Monsieur de Saint-Denis, interrupting himself. “I will answer for that,” said Corentin....

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...n officer of the Legion of honor—he happened to be near Marshal Davoust at Saint-Denis, and was not with the army of the Loire. In consequence of this... ...u, Mariette made her appearance, not at the Panorama-Dramatique but at the Porte-Saint-Martin, where she triumphed beside the famous Begrand. Among th... ...f heroes, was in love with Mariette, the cel- ebrated ballet-dancer at the Porte-Saint-Martin. The news was a thunder-clap to the two widows; Agathe’s... ...c “Don’t be worried, Madame Bridau; the diplomatic body often comes to the Porte-Saint-Martin, and that handsome girl won’t stay long with your son. I... ...ading singer at the Opera, of Florentine, who took Mariette’s place at the Porte-Saint-Martin, of Florine and Matifat, Coralie and Camusot. After four... ... it, little man,” said Napoleon’s staff officer, lighting his cigar at the porter’s lamp. When Joseph related Philippe’s position to his mother, on th... ...rambourg to the private hospital of Doctor Dubois, in the rue du Faubourg- Saint-Denis. She will be well cared for there. Then I will summon the count...

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... Bailliage and put into a coffin by the menials of the house, was taken to Saint-Denis in a covered waggon, accompanied only by the Bishop of Senlis a... ...town called Geneva, where, only ten years ago, a man said, point- ing to a porte-cochere in the upper town, the first ever built there: “By that door ... ...es (then a necessity and now very ridiculous) rode in the direction of the Porte de Rive; but they stopped their horses suddenly on catching sight of ... ...ht. The servant-woman hastened on in advance to prevent the closing of the Porte de Rive, by informing the captain of the guard that Calvin had been s... ...s,” said Chaudieu. “One less!” remarked Calvin, as they passed through the Porte de Rive. “Elizabeth of England will restrain that one for us. Two nei... ...n. All the occupations of his personal life, outside of politics, were re- ported to her. The king had begun to look upon his mother as an enemy, but ... ...cted than that of Francois II. The body was conducted from Saint-Lazare to Saint-Denis by Brantome and a few archers of the guard under command of the... ...t— love, are chariots which the devil is offering you to get the faster to Saint-Denis.” “Solern,” said the king, in a piteous tone, “if you knew the ...

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...re the fire- place, her elbow resting on the marble mantel-shelf. When the porte-cochere closed behind the carriage of the two nota- ries, she turned ... ...getting out of their carriages, formed in two hedges on either side of the porte-cochere. Thus the sump- tuous atmosphere of a fete acted upon all min... ... Bank, cheated the Treasury, murdered Ezzelin and three Medoras in the rue Saint-Denis, and I think, between our- selves, that he is a member of the D... ...ave got as far as “My dear love.” Miss makes eyes at me that might floor a porter. The settle- ments are prepared. My fortune is not inquired into; Mi...

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...ch-dog, was the second; and the third was Kolb, an Alsacien, at one time a porter in the em- ploy of the Messrs. Didot. Kolb had been drawn for milita... ...upon his door the little yellow placard which leaves its reflection on the porter’s countenance, and exercises a most astringent influence upon credit... ...iend’s heart. “When an author is intoxicated with success, he will hug his porter if there is nobody else on hand,” according to Bixiou. “Why, darling... ...e famous false mod- esty of those who bend their heads to pass beneath the Porte 125 Balzac Saint-Denis, and to slip unobserved into the room; but Pe... ...- esty of those who bend their heads to pass beneath the Porte 125 Balzac Saint-Denis, and to slip unobserved into the room; but Petit- Claud, having...

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...small commissions; many and many a time Pons ran on errands instead of the porter or the servant; many a pur- 14 Cousin Pons chase he made for his en... ...ouses occupied by the proprietor; the kitchen stood ex- actly opposite the porter’s lodge, and the door was open. Pons was obliged to listen while Mad... ... scarcely uttered the words when they heard the old musician’s call to the porter. It sounded like a cry of pain. There was a sudden silence in the ki... ... eighty, who left matters very much in the hands of M. and Mme. Cibot, his porters for the past twenty- six years. Now, as a porter cannot live by his... ...nd room; wherefore the Cibot couple were looked upon as among the luckiest porters in the arrondissement. Cibot, small and stunted, with a complexion ...