Opinion fluctuated. Sometimes, according to Vautrin, who came about this time to live in the Maison Vauquer, Father Goriot was a man who went on 'Change and dabbled (to use the sufficiently expressive language of the Stock Exchange) in stocks and shares after he had ruined himself by heavy speculation.
Noiz, Vautrinek, garai hartan Maison-Vauquererat bizitzera etorria zenak, zioenaz, Goriot zaharra zen gizon bat Bursarat joaten zena eta, finantzen mintzairaren erranmolde bipil bati jarraiki, erreka jo ondoan bere errentekin jokatuz bizi zena.