This was all the information which Rastignac gained from a M. Muret who had purchased Goriot's business, information which confirmed the Duchesse de Langeais' suppositions, and herewith the preliminary explanation of this obscure but terrible Parisian tragedy comes to an end.
Xehetasun horiek ziren Muret izeneko jaun batek Goriot zaharrari buruz, zeinaren fondoak erosi baitzituen, zekien guztia. Baieztatuak zeuden, hortaz, Rastignacek Langeaiseko dukesari egiten aditu zizkion irudipenak. Hemen bururatzen da tragedia paristar Hun, baina lazgarri honen agerpena.