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Eugene did not return to the Maison Vauquer . He could not forego the pleasure of occupying his new rooms in the Rue d'Artois . Yesterday evening he had been obliged to leave Delphine soon after midnight , but that night it was Delphine who stayed with him until two o'clock in the morning . He rose late , and waited for Mme. de Nucingen , who came about noon to breakfast with him . Youth snatches eagerly at these rosy moments of happiness , and Eugene had almost forgotten Goriot 's existence . The pretty things that surrounded him were growing familiar ; this domestication in itself was one long festival for him , and Mme. de Nucingen was there to glorify it all by her presence . It was four o'clock before they thought of Goriot , and of how he had looked forward to the new life in that house .