Chapter 168 Seven House Rules: It’s not dark, no guests

Mr. Minghui Gillenormand is such a person. His hair does not fall out at all, nor is it completely white, but gray, and it is always combed into dog ears.In short, despite that, it is still respectable. He's from the eighteenth century: frivolous and pompous. During the first years of the Restoration, M. Gillenormand—he was still young, he was only seventy-four in 1814—lived in the suburb of Saint-Germain, near the church of Saint-Sulpice. Via Servandoni.It was only a few days after he turned eighty that he retired from society to the swamp. After escaping from society, he still sticks to his old habits, the main thing is that he absolutely closes the door during the day, never asks anyone what's up until dark, and never receives anyone.This habit is something he will never change.He had supper at five o'clock, and then the door opened.This was the ethos of his century, and he did not deviate from it at all. "Sunshine is a thief," said he, "it is good only to look at closed doors and windows. A well-behaved man will not shed his wisdom until the heavens shed their stars." He stayed in his fortress and received no one, Even when the king comes.It was the old nobility of his day.