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`` Sign your agreement , '' he said , `` and the new editor will think the whole thing was arranged yesterday . '' Lucien , reading the document , overheard fragments of a tolerably warm dispute within as to the line of conduct and profits of the paper . Etienne Lousteau wanted his share of the blackmail levied by Giroudeau ; and , in all probability , the matter was compromised , for the pair came out perfectly good friends . `` We will meet at Dauriat 's , Lucien , in the Wooden Galleries at eight o'clock , '' said Etienne Lousteau . A young man appeared , meanwhile , in search of employment , wearing the same nervous shy look with which Lucien himself had come to the office so short a while ago ; and in his secret soul Lucien felt amused as he watched Giroudeau playing off the same tactics with which the old campaigner had previously foiled him . Self-interest opened his eyes to the necessity of the manoeuvres which raised well-nigh insurmountable barriers between beginners and the upper room where the elect were gathered together . `` Contributors do n't get very much as it is , '' he said , addressing Giroudeau .