“‘You were born to it,’ he said, with a smile.
“As I took a walk around the town, I met Mlle. Armande. She looked taller than ever. I looked at her, and thought of Marius among the ruins of Carthage. Had she not outlived her creed, and the beliefs that had been destroyed? She is a sad and silent woman, with nothing of her old beauty left except the eyes, that shine with an unearthly light. I watched her on her way to mass, with her book in her hand, and could not help thinking that she prayed to God to take her out of the world.”
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Note: The Old Maid is a companion piece to The Collection of Antiquities. In other Addendum appearances they are combined under the title of The Jealousies of a Country Town.
Blondet, Emile 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 Firm of Nucingen The Peasantry
Blondet, Virginie The Secrets of a Princess The Peasantry A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Another Study of Woman The Member for Arcis A Daughter of Eve
Bousquier, Du (or Du Croisier or Du Bourguier) The Old Maid The Middle Classes
Bousquier, Madame du (or du Croisier) The Old Maid
Camusot de Marville Cousin Pons The Commission in Lunacy Scenes from a Cuortesan’s Life
Camusot de Marville, Madame The Vendetta Cesar Birotteau Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Cousin Pons
Cardot (Parisian notary) The Muse of the Department A Man of Business Pierre Grassou The Middle Classes Cousin Pons
Casteran, De The Chouans The Seamy Side of History The Old Maid Beatrix The Peasantry
Chesnel (or Choisnel) The Seamy Side of History The Old Maid
Esgrignon, Charles-Marie-Victor-Ange-Carol, Marquis d’ (or Des Grignons) The Chouans The Old Maid
Esgrignon, Victurnien, Comte (then Marquis d’) Letters of Two Brides A Man of Business The Secrets of a Princess Cousin Betty
Esgrignon, Marie-Armande-Claire d’ The Old Maid
Herouville, Duc d’ The Hated Son Modeste Mignon Cousin Betty
Lenoncourt, Duc de The Lily of the Valley Cesar Birotteau The Old Maid The Gondreville Mystery Beatrix
Leroi, Pierre The Chouans The Seamy Side of History
Marsay, Henri de The Thirteen The Unconscious Humorists Another Study of Woman The Lily of the Valley Father Goriot Ursule Mirouet A Marriage Settlement Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Letters of Two Brides The Ball at Sceaux Modest Mignon The Secrets of a Princess The Gondreville Mystery A Daughter of Eve