“There always is somebody next door,” retorted Bixiou. “But he must have been drunk.” PARIS, November 1837. ADDENDUM The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy. Aiglemont, General, Marquis Victor d’ At the Sign of the Cat and Racket A Woman of Thirty Beaudenord, Godefroid de A Distinguished Provincial at Paris The Ball at Sceaux Bidault (known as Gigonnet) The Government Clerks Gobseck The Vendetta Cesar Birotteau A Daughter of Eve Bixiou, Jean-Jacques The Purse A Bachelor’s Establishment The Government Clerks Modeste Mignon Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis Beatrix A Man of Business Gaudissart II. The Unconscious Humorists Cousin Pons Blondet, Emile Jealousies of a Country Town A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Modeste Mignon Another Study of Woman The Secrets of a Princess A Daughter of Eve The Peasantry Claparon, Charles A Bachelor’s Establishment Cesar Birotteau Melmoth Reconciled A Man of Business The Middle Classes Cochin, Emile-Louis-Lucien-Emmanuel Cesar Birotteau The Government Clerks The Middle Classes Cochin, Adolphe Cesar Birotteau Cointet, Boniface Lost Illusions The Member for Arcis Couture Beatrix The Middle Classes Desroches (son) A Bachelor’s Establishment Colonel Chabert A Start in Life A Woman of Thirty The Commission in Lunacy The Government Clerks A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life A Man of Business The Middle Classes Falleix, Martin The Government Clerks Finot, Andoche Cesar Birotteau A Bachelor’s Establishment A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Government Clerks A Start in Life Gaudissart the Great Gobseck, Esther Van Gobseck A Bachelor’s Establishment Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Grandet, Victor-Ange-Guillaume Eugenie Grandet Grandet, Charles Eugenie Grandet Matifat (wealthy druggist) Cesar Birotteau A Bachelor’s Establishment Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Cousin Pons Matifat, Madame Cesar Birotteau Matifat, Mademoiselle Pierrette Minard, Auguste-Jean-Francois The Government Clerks The Middle Classes