om.
Monsieur de Granville arrived and found him gloomy, standing up, and
lost in a brown study, as a man may well be who makes an 18th Brumaire
in his life.

The public prosecutor went to the door of the Countess' room, and
remained there a few minutes; then he turned to Jacques Collin and said:

"You have not changed your mind?"

"No, monsieur."

"Well, then, you will take Bibi-Lupin's place, and Calvi's sentence will
be commuted."

"And he is not to be sent to Rochefort?"

"Not even to Toulon; you may employ him in your service. But these
reprieves and your appointment depend on your conduct for the next six
months as subordinate to Bibi-Lupin."

Within a week Bibi-Lupin's new deputy had helped the Crottat family to
recover four hundred thousand francs, and had brought Ruffard and Godet
to justice.

The price of the certificates sold by Esther Gobseck was found in the
courtesan's mattress, and Monsieur de Serizy handed over to Jacques
Collin the three hundred thousand francs left to him by Lucien de
Rubempre.

The monument erected by Lucien's orders for Esther and himself is
considered one of the finest in Pere-Lachaise, and the earth beneath it
belongs to Jacques Collin.

After exercising his functions for about fifteen years Jacques Collin
retired in 1845.

DECEMBER 1847.

ADDENDUM

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

Ajuda-Pinto, Marquis Miguel d'
Father Goriot
The Secrets of a Princess
Beatrix

Bauvan, Comte Octave de
Honorine

Beaumesnil, Mademoiselle
The Middle Classes
A Second Home

Beaupre, Fanny
A Start in Life
Modeste Mignon
The Muse of the Department

Bianchon, Horace
Father Goriot
The Atheist's Mass
Cesar Birotteau
The Commission in Lunacy
Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Bachelor's Establishment
The Secrets of a Princess
The Government Clerks
Pierrette
A Study of Woman
Honorine
The Seamy Side of History
The Magic Skin
A Second Home
A Prince of Bohemia
Letters of Two Brides
The Muse of the Department
The Imaginary Mistress
The Middle Classes
Cousin Betty
The Country Parson
In addition, M. Bianchon narrated the following:
Another Study of Woman