As for the rest, the current of life in Paris daily awaited them, and swept them away with it; so soon as they left the Rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, they forgot the existence of the old man, their butt at dinner. For those narrow souls, or for careless youth, the misery in Father Goriot's withered face and its dull apathy were quite incompatible with wealth or any sort of intelligence. As for the creatures whom he called his daughters, all Mme.
Bertze pertsonez denaz bezainbatean, Pariseko bizitzaren zurrunbilo bereziak ahantzarazten zien, Sainte-Geneviève berria karrikatik jalgi bezain laster, petzerotzat zeukaten agure gaixoa. Izpiritu mehar horientzat, hala nola gazte antsiagabe horientzat, Goriot zaharraren miseria idorra eta erakusten zuen ergelkeria elkartezinezkoak ziren edozertariko gaitasun edo fortuna suerterekin.