description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. ...but the proprietor of the dining-rooms stated that he would find the gentleman as a matter of certainty at Bouttevilain's. "I assure you, on my honour, he left a little earlier than usual, for he had a business appointment with some gentlemen. But you'll find him, I tell you again, at Bouttevilain's, in the Rue Saint-Martin, No. 92, the second row of steps at the left, at the end of the courtyard--first floor--door to the right!" At last, he saw Regimbart, in a cloud of tobacco-smoke, by himself, at the lower end of the refreshment-room, near the billiard-table, with a glass of beer in front of him, and his chin lowered in a thoughtful attitude. "Ah! I have been a long time searching for you!" Without rising, Regimbart extended towards him only two fingers, and, as if he had seen Frederick the day before, he gave utterance to a number of commonplace remarks about the opening of the session. Frederick interrupted him, saying in the most natural tone he could "Is Arnoux going on well?" The reply was a long time coming, as Regimbart was gargling the liquor in his "Yes, not badly." "Where is he living now?" "Why, in the Rue Paradis Poissonniere," the Citizen returned with astonishment. ', What number? " 5 G. F.--ii "Thirty-seven--confound it! what a funny fellow you are!" Frederick rose. "What! are you going?" "Yes, yes! I have to make a call--some business matter I had forgotten! Good-bye!" Frederick went from the smoking-divan to the Arnoux's residence, as if carried along by a tepid wind, with a sensation of extreme ease such as people experience in dreams. He found himself soon on the second floor in front of a door, at the ringing of whose bell a servant appeared. A second door was flung open. Madame Arnoux was seated near the...
language: English
title: Sentimental Education
titlecomplete: Sentimental Education
characters: Frédéric Moreau, Mme Dambreuse, Marthe Arnoux, Charles Deslauriers, Mme Arnoux
genres: Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, 19th Century, France, Historical Fiction, French Literature, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 21524
places: Aube department, France, Paris, Normandy, Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube
publisher: Signet Classics