Eugene de Rastignac had just returned to Paris in a state of mind not unknown to young men who are conscious of unusual powers, and to those whose faculties are so stimulated by a difficult position, that for the time being they rise above the ordinary level.
-Eugène de Rastignac etorria zen gogo-aldartea ezaguna behar dute izan goi-mailako gazteek, edo kinka larri batek une batez gain-gaineko gizonen kualitateak ematen dizkienek.