Unluckily, towards the end of the second year, M. Goriot's conduct gave some color to the idle talk about him. He asked Mme. Vauquer to give him a room on the second floor, and to make a corresponding reduction in her charges.
Zorigaitzez, bigarren urtearen hondarrean, Goriot jaunak justifikatu zituen bera hizpide zuten erran-merranak, andere Vauqueri eskatu ziolarik bigarren solairurat pasatzeko, eta bere ostatu-sariaren bederatziehun liberatarat beheititzeko.