English: Eugenie Grandet

Charles writes to Eugenie to announce his marriage plans, and to break off their engagement.  Eugenie is heartbroken, especially when she discovers that Charles had been back in France for a month when he wrote to her. Eugenie then decides to become engaged to Cruchot des Bonfons, the lawyer, on two conditions. One is that she remains a virgin, and the other is that he agrees to go to Paris to act for her to pay off all the debts due Guillaume Grandet's creditor's. When Charles finally meets Bonfons de Cruchot, he discovers that Eugenie is in fact far wealthier than he is, he had assumed from the state of their home that his relatives were poor.